Ulrich, Rolf
Pope, Harrison G. Jr.
Cléret, Léa
Petróczi, Andrea
Nepusz, Tamás
Schaffer, Jay
Kanayama, Gen
Comstock, R. Dawn
Simon, Perikles
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Anti-Doping Agency
Article History
First Online: 28 August 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This work was funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency/Agence Mondiale Antidopage, Montréal, Canada (WADA). The approximate cost of conducting the study was US$155,000.
: All authors received travel reimbursement and an honorarium of Can$300 from the World Anti-Doping Agency for their work on designing the study. Andrea Petróczi, Perikles Simon, and Rolf Ulrich have received Grant support from WADA for work on other studies. Léa Cléret was employed by WADA when this survey was conducted. Harrison Pope, Tamás Nepusz, Jay Schaffer, Gen Kanayama, and R. Dawn Comstock declare no competing financial interests. We would note that there was a delay of nearly 6 years between the completion of the data collection and the publication of this paper, due to negotiations between WADA and the IAAF, and subsequently between the IAAF and the authors, regarding the authority to publish the results. This process has been described in reports in the popular media. However, the authors declare that neither WADA nor the IAAF has imposed any restrictions on the authors’ access to the data, the analysis and interpretation of the data, or the writing of this report.
: This study was conducted under the approval of the Kingston University Science Faculty Ethics Committee (Kingston-upon-Thames, UK), and has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.