Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 10-14 , January 2011

The epidemiology of anabolic–androgenic steroid use among Australian secondary school students

  • Matthew Dunn

      Affiliations

    • National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9385 0167; fax: +61 2 9385 0222.
    • ,
  • Victoria White

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 9635 5197; fax: +61 3 9635 5380.

Received 26 November 2009 ,Revised 23 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 May 2010.

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PII: S1440-2440(10)00118-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.05.004

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 10-14 , January 2011

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