An Introduction to Drugs in Sport Addicted to Winning? |
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| Author:
| Waddington, Ivan
Smith, Andy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-43124-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $205.00 |
Book Description:
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An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of the extent of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the last four decades, increasingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Richly illustrated throughout with case studies and empirical data, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the relationship between drugs, sport and society.
An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of the extent of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the last four decades, increasingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Richly illustrated throughout with case studies and empirical data, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the relationship between drugs, sport and society.