Health Risks of Energy Drinks: What Nurses and Consumers Need to Know

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-428

  Guilbeau, Janis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Energy drink; Energy shot; Guarana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867611209     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01766.x     Document Type: Article

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