Delayed Menarche and Amenorrhea of College Athletes in Relation to Age of Onset of Training

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 246, Issue 14, 1981, Pages 1559-1563

  Frisch, Rose E ^a   Gotz Welbergen, Astrid V ^b   McArthur, Janet W ^c   Albright, Tenley ^d   Witschi, Jelia ^e   Bullen, Beverly ^f   Birnholz, Jason ^g   Reed, Robert B ^h   Hermann, Howard ⁱ  

^a Departments of Population Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Population Studies and Heilig Geist Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c Reproductive Sciences   (United States)

^d Departments of Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^e Departments of Nutrition   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMENORRHEA; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING;

EID: 84943669799     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1981.03320140047029     Document Type: Article

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