Effects of chromium picolinate supplementation on body composition: A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 747-756

  Kaats, Gilbert R ^a   Blum, Kenneth ^b   Fisher, Jeffrey A ^c   Adelman, Jack A ^a  

^a Health and Medical Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Right Angle Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; HELIUM; PLACEBO; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DILUTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; VARIANCE;

EID: 0029834894     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(96)80080-4     Document Type: Article

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