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SERUM MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION ARE ELEVATED BY HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE BUT NOT BY EXERCISE-ASSOCIATED MENSTRUAL DISORDERS IN PHYSICALLY ACTIVE YOUNG WOMEN
Hinton PS, Rector RS, Peppers JE, Imhoff RD, Hillman LS
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

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