Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis
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Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis
BACKGROUND As far as we are aware, no previous systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative/descriptive literature on polypharmacy in anabolic-androgenic steroid(s) (AAS) users has been published. METHOD We systematically reviewed and synthesized qualitative/descriptive literature gathered from searches in electronic databases and by inspecting reference lists of relevant literature to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1747-597X
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-015-0006-5