The prevalence and impact of heavy menstrual bleeding (Menorrhagia) in elite and non-elite athletes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bruinvels, Georgie ^a,b,c   Burden, Richard ^b,c,d   Brown, Nicola ^b   Richards, Toby ^a   Pedlar, Charles ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^d ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELITE ATHLETE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPORTING EVENT; UNITED KINGDOM; DEFICIENCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MENORRHAGIA; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960539378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149881     Document Type: Article

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