Creatine: A dietary supplement and ergogenic aid

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Feldman, Elaine B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ATHLETE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033051482     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01777.x     Document Type: Review

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