Caffeine content of dietary supplements consumed on military bases

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 592-594

  Cohen, Pieter A ^a   Attipoe, Selasi ^b   Travis, John ^c   Stevens, Mark ^b   Deuster, Patricia ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NSF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GUM ARABIC; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHITE TEA EXTRACT;

ARMY; CACAO; COFFEE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY DRINK; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA;

CAFFEINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MILITARY FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876043672     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3254     Document Type: Note

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