Effect of Ramadan fasting on body composition and physical performance in female athletes

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 161-166

  Memari, Amir Hossein ^a   Kordi, Ramin ^a,b   Panahi, Nekoo ^b   Nikookar, Laya R ^b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b   Akbarnejad, Ali ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body composition; Female athletes; Performance; Ramadan fasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861841506     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/asjsm.34754     Document Type: Article

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