Oral fluids: How pseudoscience gulls the gullible

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-412

  Noakes, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ATHLETE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPETITION; CYCLING; DEHYDRATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CRAMP; SPORTS DRINK; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

BEVERAGES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 46249122539     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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