Prevalence and risk factors for anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse among Jordanian collegiate students and athletes
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Prevalence and risk factors for anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse among Jordanian collegiate students and athletes.
BACKGROUND The study was conducted to measure the extent of androgenic steroids abuse among two targeted groups in Jordan, college students and athletes, and the risk factors associated with this abuse. METHODS Five hundred and three Jordanian collegiate students and 154 bodybuilding athletes completed a three section questionnaire that investigated demographic information, prevalence of anab...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn062