An empirical model of athlete decisions to use performance-enhancing drugs: Qualitative evidence

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-402

  Mazanov, Jason ^a   Huybers, Twan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti doping; Decision making; Doping; Elite sport; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960083967     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398441.2010.517046     Document Type: Article

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