Supplements: Help, harm, or hype? how to approach athletes

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Bonci, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANABOLIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRIC ACID; BORON; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CHROMIUM; CREATINE; EPHEDRINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLUORIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSAMINE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PYCNOGENOL; TURMERIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC MONOMETHIONINE ASPARTATE;

ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; BOSWELLIA; CALCIUM INTAKE; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; EPHEDRA; FRUIT JUICE; GINGER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POWDER; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENNA; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEA; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 70349249539     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181ae9ae8     Document Type: Review

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