Psychological and cardiovascular effects of guaránd and yerba mate: A comparison with coffee

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Meyer, Katherine ^a,b   Ball, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b University of Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Coffee; Guaran ; Performance; Yerba mate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955010215     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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