Iron deficiency in female athletes: Its prevalence and impact on performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 116-121

  Risser, William L ^a,b,c   Lee, Eva J ^a,b,c   Poindexter, Hally B W ^a,b,c   West, M Stewart ^a,b,c   Pivarnik, James M ^a,b,c   Risser, Jan M H ^a,b,c   Hickson, James F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITIN; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMAN; IRON; MENSTRUATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0023951046     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198820020-00003     Document Type: Article

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