Abstract
To the Editor. In their article “Anabolic Steroid Use by Male and Female Middle School Students,” Faigenbaum et al1 indicate that 2.7% of middle school students (grades 5 through 7) report anabolic steroid use. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AS) can be administered orally or intramuscularly; the latter is the route of administration for 50% of AS users.2 It has been indicated previously that 25% of students who report AS use share needles for injection.3 Therefore, this young and relatively uneducated AS user group is potentially at risk for infections related to injection. We conducted a MEDLINE (1966–1998) and AIDSLINE (1980–1998) world literature review to examine references …
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