Energy Availability, Not Body Fatness, Regulates Reproductive Function in Women

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Exercise and sport sciences reviews

• Publication date

  2003-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1097/00003677-200307000-00008PMID 12882481
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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