GABA supplementation and growth hormone response

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-46

  Powers, Michael ^a  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84870359869     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000341944     Document Type: Article

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