Doping and the Olympic games: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 13-14

  Lainscak, Mitja ^a   Osredkar, Josko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doping; Erythropoietin; Olympic games

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOPING; GENE THERAPY; SHORT SURVEY; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOPING IN SPORTS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FORECASTING; GENE THERAPY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 62949206396     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1121-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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