A league of their own: Demographics, motivations and patterns of use of 1,955 male adult non-medical anabolic steroid users in the United States

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cohen, Jason ^a   Collins, Rick ^b   Darkes, Jack ^b   Gwartney, Daniel ^a  

^a Collins McDonald and Gann PC ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 44949105343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-4-12     Document Type: Article

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