Gymnasts, distance runners, anorexics body composition and menstrual status

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-53

  Bale, P ^a   Doust, J ^a   Dawson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rhodes Farm Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Gymnastics; Menstruation; Running

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY FAT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; RUNNING;

EID: 0029942207     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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