Bone Mineral Content of Amenorrheic and Eumenorrheic Athletes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 277-281

  Drinkwater, Barbara L ^a,b   Nilson, Karen ^a,b   Chesnut, Charles H ^a,b   Bremner, William J ^a,b   Shainholtz, Sydney ^a,b   Southworth, Molly B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0021275873     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198408023110501     Document Type: Article

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