Abuse of medication during international football competition in 2010 - Lesson not learned

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1140-1141

  Tscholl, Philippe Matthias ^a,b   Dvorak, Jiri ^a  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b Winterthur Canton Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPING; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SOCCER; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84870251710     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090806     Document Type: Article

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