title: [Doping practices and behaviours among Ivorian soccer players].
abstract: We have conducted a survey of doping among soccer players in Côte d'Ivoire with a representative sample of 150 soccer players who filled out an anonymous questionnaire. The aim of this survey was to get a clearer picture of doping in Ivorian soccer in order to suggest preventive actions against doping. The results of this study showed that doping was known by the Ivorian soccer players; about 18.7% admitted to the use of doping substances, 42% recognised that they felt tempted by doping, while 38% knew another soccer player who had already used a doping substance. Government and sports organisations should recognize the importance of education and information in the antidoping campaign and agree on effective preventive as well as repressive strategies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de physiologie et service des explorations fonctionnelles, UFR des sciences médicales, BP V 166, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dah
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bogui
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yavo
authors.forename: Issa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gourouza
authors.forename: Soualiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ouattara
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003625:Data Collection; D004300:Doping in Sports; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer