Daily exercise and anabolic steroids use in adolescents: A cross-national European study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2053-2065

  Kokkevi, Anna ^a,b,f   Fotiou, Anastasios ^b   Chileva, Anina ^c   Nociar, Alojz ^d   Miller, Patrick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b University of Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI)   (Greece)

^c National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^d Board of Ministers for Drug Dependencies and Drug Control   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anabolic steroids; Cross national study; Drug use; Physical activity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; CANNABIS; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANABOLIC AGENTS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS;

EID: 57649130605     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802279342     Document Type: Article

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