Doping among high school students in Uppsala, Sweden: A presentation of the attitudes, distribution, side effects, and extent of use
@article{Kindlundh1998DopingAH, title={Doping among high school students in Uppsala, Sweden: A presentation of the attitudes, distribution, side effects, and extent of use}, author={A. Kindlundh and D. Isacson and L. Berglund and F. Nyberg}, journal={Scandinavian Journal of Public Health}, year={1998}, volume={26}, pages={71 - 74} }
The aim of this study was to determine the extent of doping drug use among adolescents in Uppsala, Sweden, and to analyse the main reasons for the use. An anonymous multiple-choice questionnaire was distributed among pupils in the first and the third grades at high school; 2,742 pupils participated in the study. The results showed that 2.7% of the male and 0.4% of the female adolescents had used doping drugs at some time in their life. However, knowledge of how to get doping drugs far exceeded… CONTINUE READING
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