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Karen Ballinger
Back to facultyClinical LecturerDepartment of Pediatrics | Community PediatricsUniversity of Calgary
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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and site-specific bone mineral density in female adolescent artistic athletes.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026
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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and site-specific bone mineral density in female adolescent artistic athletes.
Kiss J, Critchley M, Gabel L, Galarneau J, Doyle-Baker P, Ballinger K, Lun V, Emery C
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026
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