Gender differences among long-distance backpackers: A prospective study of women appalachian trail backpackers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Boulware, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Backpacking; Camping; Estrogen; Injury; Women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DIARRHEA; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAIN; TENDINITIS;

EID: 4544296985     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)15[175:GDALBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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