Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise
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ISBN: 0736036792 / Publisher: Human Kinetics, June 2002
Recent information is collected here on the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among...
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Recent information is collected here on the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among athletes. The book reviews the history of doping in sport and exercise, and examines the latest clinical and scientific research and reference material in the field, covering high school through professional levels of athletic competition. There is information on testing and the legal aspects of use and abuse, and discussion of emerging technologies, such as gene transfer therapy and new drug delivery systems, that have potential for abuse. Bahrke is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Yesalis is professor of health policy and administration and exercise and sport science at Pennsylvania State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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