Circulating androgens in women exercise-induced changes

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Enea, Carina ^a   Boisseau, Nathalie ^a   Fargeas Gluck, Marie Agnès ^a   Diaz, Véronique ^a,b   Dugué, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AMENORRHEA; BLOOD; DELAYED PUBERTY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW;

AMENORRHEA; ANDROGENS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 78650147663     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11536920-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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