Steroids
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- ISBN: 9781440802997 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1440802998 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781440803000 (ebook)
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2014]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-2240 and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Basics of biochemistry and steroids -- Historical background of therapeutic steroids -- Historical background of performance enhancing steroids -- Individual decision-making for anabolic and catabolic steroids -- Public reaction, regulation, and control -- Anti-doping within organizations -- Scientific accounts of anabolic and catabolic steroids -- Documents related to legal sanctions -- Anti-doping policies from associations -- Timeline for steroid-related issues (anabolic and catabolic). |
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Subject: | Steroids Steroids adverse effects Steroids therapeutic use Anabolic Agents |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RM 297 .S74 Z67 2014 | 30775305504269 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Steroids
A thorough, balanced examination of the controversies on the therapeutic and non-therapeutic use of steroids that covers both legal medical therapy and illegal performance enhancement. The discussions regarding the ethical, medical, and social controversies surrounding steroid use are as heated as the drugs themselves are powerful. Steroids comprehensively addresses the separate debates over steroid use in therapeutic medical treatments, sports performance enhancement, and cosmetic lifestyle choices. The contents provide balanced coverage of the complex positive and negative implications involved with using these "ingredients of youth" to evade the common ailments of old age and to overcome some of the limitations of natural biology. This book will be invaluable to students of not only health and exercise sciences, sports and sport-related fields, and medical science, but also those researching social and ethical questions involved with the use of steroids in related fields. For example, the book may be used by sociology students investigating social aspects of sports, health policy, and public role models; psychology students focusing on the role of self-image and mental health; and political science students researching public health policy.