Phytosterol consumption and the anabolic steroid boldenone in humans: A hypothesis piloted

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 679-684

  Ros, M M ^a   Sterk, S S ^a   Verhagen, H ^a   Stalenhoef, A F H ^b   de Jong, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroid; Boldenone; Human intervention; Phytosterol enriched margarine; Post launch monitoring; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BOLDENONE; MARGARINE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL;

ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC DISORDER; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARGARINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; PILOT PROJECTS; STEROLS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447295348     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701216727     Document Type: Article

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