“…Fourteen peer-reviewed published papers, were identified that examined the knowledge and attitudes of elite and/or competitive athletes in relation to doping 6,8,11,12,21,67,77,85,88,94,103,114,121,133 . Articles were retrieved from a range of countries; four from the UK 21,77,114,133 , two from France 67,94 and Australia 11,12 and one each from Cameroon 8 , Finland 6 , Germany 121 , Italy 103 , Nigeria 85 , and Turkey 88 . Eleven studies examined attitudes towards all classes of doping and/or recreational drugs 6,8,11,67,77,94,103,114,121,133 whilst two focused specifically upon anabolic steroids 12,85 .…”