Carbon isotope ratio (δ13C) values of urinary steroids for doping control in sport

Steroids

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-392

  Cawley, Adam T ^a,b   Trout, Graham J ^a   Kazlauskas, Rymantas ^a   Howe, Christopher J ^a   George, Adrian V ^b  

^a NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratio ( 13C); Doping control; Endogenous steroids; Gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC C IRMS); Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; OXOSTEROID; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOPING; ETHNICITY; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COMBUSTION ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SPORT; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID URINE LEVEL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DOPING IN SPORTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 61349177869     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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