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Testosterone boosters: a report of a supplement's misleading labelling claims

de Lange RW

South African journal of sports medicine, 2020

Abstract

This paper illustrates how labelling claims of a testosterone booster supplement mislead consumers. The labelling claims misappropriate scientific terminology, exaggerate and misrepresent research as evidence for the product's purported efficacy.

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