The prevalence of vitamin supplementation in ultraendurance triathletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 507-514

  Knez, Wade L ^a   Peake, Jonathan M ^b  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endurance exercise; Endurance performance; Food analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; POTASSIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 78649380560     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.20.6.507     Document Type: Article

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