The lifetime prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid use and dependence in Americans: current best estimates.

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Published in Am J Addict on September 20, 2013

Authors

Harrison G Pope1, Gen Kanayama, Alison Athey, Erin Ryan, James I Hudson, Aaron Baggish

Author Affiliations

1: Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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