Concept information
Preferred term
steroid use
Definition
- Anabolic steroids are derivatives of the hormone testosterone. Scientists at the University of Chicago isolated testosterone in 1927 from bull testicles, and by 1935, Yugoslavian researchers had discovered how to produce synthetic testosterone. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Steroid Use]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/steroid_use
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