Nutritional supplement use by elite young UK athletes: Fallacies of advice regarding efficacy

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Petróczi, Andrea ^a   Naughton, Declan P ^a   Pearce, Gemma ^b   Bailey, Richard ^b   Bloodworth, Andrew ^c   McNamee, Michael ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62749086672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-5-22     Document Type: Article

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