“The compounds for females are really commonly faked!”: Women's challenges in anabolic steroid acquisition and the place of drug checking interventions
Ensuring product reliability, transparency and accountability are perceived as essential for the health and safety of women who use AAS. To address these issues, interventions should provide women with comprehensive drug checking services tailored to their health needs. 'Steroid literacy' must be an integral component, equipping women with knowledge to make informed decisions in the gendered AAS market.
Authors
- Timothy M. Piatkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6177-0266)
- Ingrid Amalia Havnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1070-0065)
- Monica Jane Barratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-9379)
- Emma Kill
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13931
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.37