Meatless Diets in Female Athletes: A Red Flag

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 45-55

  Loosli, Alvin R ^a   Ruud, Jaime S ^b  

^a Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Nutrition Link   (United States)

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EID: 0002405223     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1998.11.1194     Document Type: Article

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