The female football player, disordered eating, menstrual function and bone health

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^a   Torstveit, Monica Klungland ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; DIET; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; FOOTBALL; HEALTH CARE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCCER;

EID: 34547684818     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038018     Document Type: Review

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