A meta-analysis of bone mineral density in collegiate female athletes

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 728-734

  Arasheben, Armin ^a   Barzee, Kathleen A ^b,c   Morley, Christopher P ^b,c  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic; Orthopedics; Sports medicine; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLLEGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; SPORTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 81855189660     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100289     Document Type: Article

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