Prevalence of performance-enhancing substance use and associated factors among Portuguese gym/fitness users

ASR Tavares, S Serpa, L Horta, E Carolino… - Substance Use & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
use among gym users are few and mostly concern the practice of bodybuilding and the use
of anabolic-androgenic steroids … is also spread throughout health clubs, gymnasia and other …

Anabolic steroid use by male and female middle school students

AD Faigenbaum, LD Zaichkowsky, DE Gardner… - …, 1998 - publications.aap.org
… , local gyms) or sport centers (eg, gymnastics clubs). AS interventions may need to be extended
to … AS use is no longer limited to the confines of bodybuilding gyms or adult sport training …

Defining and defending drug-free bodybuilding: A current perspective from organisations and their key figures

D Liokaftos - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
… such as the Anabolic Steroid Control Act (US, 1990); and, b) the radicalisation of dominant
… and/or prestigious associated clubs of natural bodybuilding federations. Depending on the …

Drug-taking,'risk boundaries' and social identity: bodybuilders' talk about Ephedrine and Nubain

L Monaghan, M Bloor, RP Dobash… - Sociological …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
… and monitored use (as opposed to abuse) of steroids among bodybuilders is considered …
That night I was working the doors [security night-club work] and I pulled this piece [met a …

Attitude and health issue awareness of anabolic androgenic steroids use among male gym users in some gym centers in Sulaymaniyah city, Iraq

SA Aziz - Journal of Substance Use, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic analogs of testosterone that
induce an increase in body mass, muscle mass, bone intensity, collagen deposition, primarily …

Tendency to Consume Anabolic Steroids and Body-Building Supplements in the General Population: An Ecological Study

M Rabiee, MS Mousavi - … Journal of Sport Studies for Health, 2023 - journals.kmanpub.com
… Background: Anabolic steroids and bodybuilding supplements … use of anabolic steroids
aggravates the symptoms of COVID-19 or the curtailment measures and closure of sports clubs

[HTML][HTML] Supplement consumption in body builder athletes

J Karimian, PS Esfahani - Journal of research in medical sciences …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Female bodybuilders in this study were selected from aerobic sport clubs. As limited
numbers of bodybuilding clubs are available for women in Iran, we selected aerobic …

Vocational steroid use: reconsidering the effectiveness of a prohibition approach

CA Fogel - Kultūra ir visuomenė: socialinių tyrimų žurnalas, 2012 - ceeol.com
… the topic of anabolic steroid use pertains to use by athletes and/or bodybuilders. Recent
evidence … trade workers, and night club bouncers. Prohibition strategies are costly and appear …

Over-the-counter drug use in gymnasiums: an underrecognized substance abuse problem?

G Kanayama, AJ Gruber, HG Pope Jr… - Psychotherapy and …, 2001 - karger.com
… upscale clubs catering to professionals and families. We distributed questionnaires at each
club … Nevertheless, our estimate of the prevalence of anabolic steroid use among men closely …

Frequency of the use of anabolic drugs in bodybuilding athletes in Jahrom city

S Sobhanian, D Rajabian, F Sadeghi… - Pars Journal of …, 2022 - jmj.jums.ac.ir
steroids abuse, knowledge and attitude of their side effects and attitude toward them among
the bodybuilding … and interviews were performed using club officials. Prevalence and …