Prevalence and risk factors for anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse in Australian high school students

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Handelsman, D J ^b   Gupta, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Cultural risk factors; Socio economic risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

EID: 0030776201     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1997.d01-285.x     Document Type: Article

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