Awareness and comfort in treating the Female Athlete Triad: Are we failing our athletes?

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Troy, Kate ^a   Hoch, Anne Zeni ^a,b,c   Stavrakos, John E ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery/Cardiovascular Center   (United States)

^c Froedtert/MCW Women's Sports Medicine Program/Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^d Women's Sports Medicine Program/Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33750843223     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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