Pharmacokinetics of boldenone and stanozolol and the results of quantification of anabolic and androgenic steroids in race horses and nonrace horses

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-108

  Soma, L R ^a   Uboh, C E ^a,b   Guan, F ^a   Mcdonnell, S ^a   Pack, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Penn National Race Track   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BOLDENONE; NANDROLONE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HORSE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 33847666353     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2007.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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