The prevalence and impact of heavy menstrual bleeding among athletes and mass start runners of the 2015 London Marathon

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 566-

  Bruinvels, Georgie ^a,b,c   Burden, Richard ^b,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 Orreco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PREVALENCE; RUNNING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LONDON; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PREVALENCE; RUNNING;

EID: 84963962006     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095505     Document Type: Letter

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