Use of dietary supplements and anabolic-androgenic steroids among finnish adolescents in 1991-2005

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-311

  Mattila, Ville M ^a,b,c   Parkkari, Jari ^a,c,d   Laakso, Lauri ^e   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^b,f   Rimpelä, Arja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Centre of Military Medicine   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f 6 Department of Medical Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anabolic androgenic steroids; Dietary supplements; Epidemiology; Health behaviour; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; STEROID; VITAMIN;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANABOLIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VITAMINS;

EID: 77952918590     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp124     Document Type: Article

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