Introduction: Nutritional supplements and the quest to improve human performance - The need for the strictest standards and rigor when reporting clinical trials

Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 955-956

  Meguid, Michael M ^a   Shenkin, Alan ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZATION; RIGOR; STANDARD;

EID: 0242496225     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(03)00023-6     Document Type: Editorial

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