A longitudinal study of physical activity and menstrual cycle characteristics in healthy Norwegian women-The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara ^a   Flanders, William Dana ^b   Augestad, Liv Berit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWEGIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

EID: 80053054861     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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