Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | RC 1230 .T39 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5119221 |
RC 1210 .M495 2007 Sports medicine / | RC 1230 .P36 2007 Drugs and sports / | RC 1230 .P475 2003 Performance-enhancing drugs / | RC 1230 .T39 2002 Anabolic steroids and the athlete / | RC 1230 .W295 2000 Sport, health and drugs : a critical sociological perspective / | RC 1230 .Y47 1998 The steroids game / | RC 1235 .E58 2013 The sports gene : inside the science of extraordinary athletic performance / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first edition of this work, published in 1982, concentrated on the athletes use of and the physicians knowledge of, anabolic steroids. This fully updated second edition discusses the continuing controversy over their use in competitive sports. An introduction of the use and abuse of anabolic steroids is followed by chapters on such topics as anabolic steroid compounds, the anabolic-to-androgen ratio, basic principles of muscle building, current anabolic steroid preparations, anabolic steroid regimes used by athletes, the enhancement of athletic performance, adverse physical effects and mental health risks, the classification of anabolic steroids as controlled substances, growth hormones and other anabolic hormones, the limits of urine drug testing, medical applications of anabolic steroids, muscle building and ergogenic supplements, and addictions. Weniger lesen
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