Creatine: Are the benefits worth the risk?

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Brudnak, Mark A ^a  

^a Units E F   (United States)

Author keywords

AIA; Amino imidazo azaarenes; cCr; Cr or 'creatine'; Creatine monohytrate; Creatine phosphate; Creatinine; Crn; CrP; Cyclocreatine; Diabetes; GLUT4; Huntington's; Myocardial; tCr; Total Creatine

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; PHOSPHATE;

ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; EXERCISE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE MASS; MUTAGENICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TRAINING;

EID: 1842427203     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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