2 edition of Steroids and sports found in the catalog.
Steroids and sports
Raja Mishra
Published
1992
by [Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Public Affairs in [Rockville, Md.] (5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville 20857)
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | by Raja Mishra. |
Series | DHHS publication -- no. (FDA) 92-1187. |
Contributions | United States. Food and Drug Administration. Office of Public Affairs. |
The Physical Object | |
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Pagination | [4] p. : |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL17674719M |
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While baseball remains. Anabolic steroids in modern sports, and especially in the Olympics, began in the s when the Soviet Union had put to use the data collected in Soviet-occupied Germany following World War 2.
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The book informs the specialist of emerging knowledge and techniques and. Steroids in Sports. Decade after decade, sport scandals have come and gone. The topic of steroid use in sports continues to make the headlines more frequently.
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Anabolic performance dates as far back as the original Olympic Games. Steroid and growth hormone use tend to promote a muscular appearance in users. Teens with body image issues are especially vulnerable to the appeal of steroids.
Societal expectations leave high school athletes desiring to look brawny — for sports, for dates and for confidence.
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Matthew Sperling. It is generally believed, especially among athletes and practicing sports people, that the use of performance-enhancing drugs, besides improving performance, leads to the obtainment of easy.
Get this from a library. Drugs, steroids, and sports. [Janet Mohun, (Editor); Aziz Khan] -- Describes the drugs that some athletes are using in an attempt to improve their performances, explains the effects of steroids on the body, and looks at how testing programs are used in an attempt to.
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The information contained in this report was compiled by Greg Spira and edited by Neil Paine and Sean Forman. Steroids are rampant in sports, and we have heard much about them lately, from the murder-suicide case of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit to Floyd Landis' battle to.
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Both anabolic and androgenic.