A potential inflating effect in estimation models: Cautionary evidence from comparing performance enhancing drug and herbal hormonal supplement use estimates

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-96

  James, Ricky A ^a   Nepusz, Tamás ^b   Naughton, Declan P ^a   Petróczi, Andrea ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Athlete; Doping; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Random response; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866503366     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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