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Article: Southern California High School Students Say 10 Percent of Fellow Athletes Use Anabolic Steroids, But Only 1 Percent Admit Usage, LA84 Foundation Study Finds.
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
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- November 14, 2007
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Byline: LA84 Foundation
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Only 1 percent of Southern California high school students report using anabolic steroids themselves, but claim 10 percent of athletes at their school and 10 percent to 25 percent of students on competing teams use the banned substance, according to a new study by the LA84 Foundation.
"While it's not at all unusual for athletes to assume that their opponents have an unfair advantage, it was somewhat surprising that the perception of use at their own school was so great," says study author Dr. Gary A. Green, MD, clinical professor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, researcher at ...