Assessment of nutritional knowledge in female athletes susceptible to the Female Athlete Triad syndrome

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Raymond Barker, Philippa ^a   Petroczi, Andrea ^b   Quested, Eleanor ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36749086482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-2-10     Document Type: Article

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