Creatine Controversy?

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-23

  Plisk, Steven S ^a   Kreider, Richard B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine; Ergogenic; Nutrition; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002240933     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-199902000-00004     Document Type: Article

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