Validity of methods for analyzing urinary steroid data to detect ovulation in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1836-1844

  McConnell, Heather J ^a   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^a   Brindle, Eleanor ^a   Williams, Nancy I ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercising females; Menstrual cycle abnormalities; Ovulation detection

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036839974     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200211000-00022     Document Type: Article

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