Big, buff and dependent: Exercise dependence, muscle dysmorphia and anabolic steroid use in bodybuilders

Men and Addictions: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-36

  Smith, Dave ^a   Hale, Bruce ^b   Rhea, Deborah ^c   Olrich, Tracy ^d   Collier, Kevan ^e  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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