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Dope : a history of performance enhancement in sports from the nineteenth century to today / Daniel M. Rosen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosen, Daniel M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Doping in sports--History.
- Doping in sports.
- Athletes--Drug use--History.
- Athletes.
- Anabolic steroids--History.
- Anabolic steroids.
- History.
- Athletes--Drug use.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 251 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 The Early History of Performance Enhancement Drugs, 1860-1959 1
- 2 The Beginnings of Modern Doping, 1960-1969 22
- 3 The Rise of East German Athletics and Other Tales of Doping, 1970-1979 40
- 4 Blood Doping, EPO, and Human Growth Hormone, 1980-1989 58
- 5 An Explosion of Doping Cases and the Rise of Custom-Tailored Drugs, 1990-1999 79
- 6 Is Everyone Doping? 2000-Present 116
- 7 Future Perfect: Genetically Modified Athletes? 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313345203
- 0313345201
- OCLC:
- 192081620
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