Fast screening of anabolic steroids and other banned doping substances in human urine by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1059-1073

  Marcos, J ^a   Pascual, J A ^a,b   De La Torre, X ^a   Segura, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doping; Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Ion trap; Steroids; Urine

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

COLLISION ENERGIES;

HORMONES;

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROSTERONE; BAMBUTEROL; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BOLASTERONE; BOLDENONE; BUPRENORPHINE; CALUSTERONE; CANRENONE; CLOSTEBOL ACETATE; DANAZOL; DIURETIC AGENT; EPITESTOSTERONE; FLUOXYMESTERONE; METENOLONE ENANTATE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYMETHOLONE; PEMOLINE; PROBENECID; SALBUTAMOL; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; STANOZOLOL; TERBUTALINE; TERBUTALINE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036773324     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.365     Document Type: Article

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