Metabolism of anabolic androgenic steroids

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1001-1020

  Schänzer, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

drug assays; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BOLASTERONE; BOLDENONE; CALUSTERONE; CLOSTEBOL; DROSTANOLONE; DRUG METABOLITE; ETHYLESTRENOL; FLUOXYMESTERONE; FORMEBOLONE; FURAZABOL; MESTANOLONE; METANDIENONE; METHANDRIOL; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MIBOLERONE; NANDROLONE; NORETHANDROLONE; OXANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; QUINBOLONE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE; TRENBOLONE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ATHLETE; COMPETENCE; DOPING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0029987681     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.7.1001     Document Type: Review

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