Introduction to menstrual disturbances in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1551-1552

  Loucks, Anne B ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Diet; Exercise; Females; Oligomenorrhea; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ATHLETE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXERCISE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; SPORTS;

EID: 0042733669     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000084531.33556.7B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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