Performance enhancing drugs / edited by Justin Healey.
Performance enhancing drugs / edited by Justin Healey.
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Publisher
Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, c2008.
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NQ300.99405/1 , Q300.99405/4
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
44 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents
Ch.1. Drug Use in Sport Drugs in sport; Why is drug use in sport banned?; Doping ... play by the rules; How performance enhancing drugs work; Prohibited substances and methods; Why do athletes use drugs?; Doping in sport, Sport or science: who's winning?; Ethics to guide gene quest for sport stars -...
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Publisher
Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
c2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The use of illicit drugs to improve sporting performance, known as doping, is common in elite sport. Because of the hidden nature of doping in sport, accurate statistics are difficult to obtain, however the pressures on many athletes to succeed at any cost continues to fuel significant levels of drug abuse in sport, in spite of improved modern test...
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Full title
Performance enhancing drugs / edited by Justin Healey.
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Notes
General note
Issues in society ; v. 269.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Webliography: p. 43.
Audience note
For secondary school students.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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NQ300.99405/1 , Q300.99405/4
Record Identifier
74VK3Ry5Qyp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3Ry5Qyp3
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ISBN
9781920801793 (pbk.)
DDC
362.29
MMS ID
991023756949702626
