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Anabolic steroids among resistance training practitioners

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  • Ericson Pereira
  • Samuel Jorge Moyses
  • Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio
  • Daniel Komarchewski Mendes
  • Diego Sgarbi da Silva
  • Everdan Carneiro
  • Ana Maria Trindade Grégio Hardy
  • Edvaldo Antônio Ribeiro Rosa
  • Patrícia Vida Cassi Bettega
  • Aline Cristina Batista Rodrigues Johann

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Objective: To compare the use of anabolic steroids (AS), the motivation to use them, their side effects, the source of information and the form in which AS were obtained, the medical follow-up, and the periodic examinations in resistance training practitioners who are either current or former users of AS. Methods: A prevalence survey was performed in the gyms of the city of Curitiba, including 719 current and former AS users who self-administered a questionnaire. The chi-square and z of proportions (p

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  • Ericson Pereira & Samuel Jorge Moyses & Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio & Daniel Komarchewski Mendes & Diego Sgarbi da Silva & Everdan Carneiro & Ana Maria Trindade Grégio Hardy & Edvaldo Antônio Ribeiro Ros, 2019. "Anabolic steroids among resistance training practitioners," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-13, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0223384
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223384
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