Arginine and antioxidant supplement on performance in elderly male cyclists: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Steve ^a   Kim, Woosong ^a   Henning, Susanne M ^a   Carpenter, Catherine L ^a   Li, Zhaoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77952295576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-7-13     Document Type: Article

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