Premenarcheal gymnasts possess higher bone mineral density than controls

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-69

  Nickols Richardson, Sharon M ^b   Modlesky, Christopher M ^b   O'Connor, Patrick J ^b   Lewis, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; Calcium intake; Energy expenditure; Energy intake; Female athlete; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033955441     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200001000-00011     Document Type: Article

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