Drugs in Sport - Couverture rigide

Mottram, D.R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0873222229 ISBN 13 : 9780873222228

Editeur : Human Kinetics, 1989

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Drug use and abuse represents perhaps the most profound and high-profile issue facing sport today. Each major international championship seems to deliver a new drug-related controversy, while drug takers and sports administrators attempt to out-manoeuvre each other with new substances and new testing procedures.

Drugs in Sport - 3rd Editionis a fully revised and updated version of the most comprehensive and authoritative text available on the subject. Leading figures in the field explore the hard science behind every major class of drug, as well as the social, ethical and organisational dimensions to the issue.
Key topics include:
* analysis of all the key substances, including anabolic steroids, EPO and human growth hormone
* alcohol and social drug use in sport
* creatine and nutritional supplements
* evidence and issues around doping control in sport.

This is a highly accessible text for all sports science and sports studies students, coaches and professional sports people, and sports administrators and policy-makers.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Drugs in sport has now become a major issue surrounding most top sporting events. In order to provide a wide perspective on this subject from both the scientific and social/political viewpoint, this edition has been expanded and extensively revised. A highly accessible text suitable for students on sports related courses, coaches and trainers and those involved in the management and administration side of sport.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Human Kinetics
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0873222229
• ISBN 13: 9780873222228
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 169
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible