Motives for illicit use of doping substances among athletes calling a national antidoping phone-help service: An exploratory study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-367

  Bilard, Jean ^a   Ninot, Gregory ^a   Hauw, Denis ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

antidoping phone help service; behavior; doping; enhanced endurance; enhanced performance; motives; performance enhancement drugs; recreational drugs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; DOPING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATHLETES; BODY IMAGE; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION;

EID: 79951563203     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.502553     Document Type: Article

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