Female Athletes: Targets for Drug Abuse.

Duda, Marty

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ERIC Number: EJ340683

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Publication Date: 1986

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Female Athletes: Targets for Drug Abuse.

Duda, Marty

Physician and Sportsmedicine, v14 n6 p142-46 Jun 1986

Increased participation in sports and greater pressures to win have made female athletes very vulnerable to drug abuse. How the physiology and socialization of females contributes to this problem is discussed. (Author/MT)

Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Athletes, Bulimia, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Females, Sex Stereotypes

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Language: English

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