Use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among body builders in major gym centers in São Paulo, Brazil;Uso de esteróides anabólicos androgênicos por praticantes de musculação de grandes academias da cidade de São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-333

  Franco Silva, Luciana Silvia Maria ^a   De Moraes Moreau, Regina Lúcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Body builders; User's profile

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANDROXON; ANTIESTROGEN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BOLDENONE UNDECENOATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLENBUTEROL; DEPOSTERON; DIURETIC AGENT; DURATESTON; EPHEDRINE; EPHEDRINE DERIVATIVE; HEMOGENIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MESTEROLONE; METANDIENONE; METENOLONE ACETATE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; OXANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; STANOZOLOL; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE ISOCAPROATE; TESTOSTERONE PHENYLPROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; TREMBOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENADRINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BUILDING; BRAZIL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MISUSE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; TRAINING;

EID: 0344309159     PISSN: 15169332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-93322003000300012     Document Type: Article

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