Use of doping agents, particularly anabolic steroids, in sports and society

@article{Sjqvist2008UseOD,  title={Use of doping agents, particularly anabolic steroids, in sports and society},  author={Folke Sj{\"o}qvist and Mats Garle and Anders Rane},  journal={The Lancet},  year={2008},  volume={371},  pages={1872-1882},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:10762429}}

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Doping in sport and exercise: anabolic, ergogenic, health and clinical issues

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Sports supplements and Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

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Investigating prevalence, risk-factors and attitudes towards androgenic anabolic steroids in a Swedish county, rural and urban areas as well as different points in time and an intervention programme based on appearance discussions and self-confidence strengthening seems to be a possible way to prevent misuse of anabolics find effective ways to reduce the misuse.

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Pharmacoepidemiology of anabolic androgenic steroids: a review

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Adolescent use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and relations to self-reports of social, personality and health aspects.

The characteristics of AAS users extend beyond activities such as strength training and multiple drug use to include social, personality and health aspects.

Anabolic steroid abuse and dependence

A new model is proposed in which both the "myoactive" and psychoactive effects of Aas contribute to the development of AAS dependence, and when patients with AAS use disorders are compared with patients with other substance use disorders, both similarities and differences become apparent and have implications for treatment.

Psychological and Behavioural Effects of Endogenous Testosterone and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids

Investigations and case reports of athletes demonstrate an association between anabolic-androgenic steroid use and affective and psychotic syndromes and psychological dependence, and the roles of previous psychiatric history, genetic susceptibility to addictions or mental disorders, environmental and peer influences, and individual expectations remain unclear.

Psychiatric and medical effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid use. A controlled study of 160 athletes.

Major mood disturbances associated with anabolic-androgenic steroids may represent an important public health problem for athletes using steroids and sometimes for the victims of their irritability and aggression.

Drugs and Sport

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