Bad Science: The instrumental data in the Floyd Landis case

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Blackledge, Robert D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

GC C IRMS; GC MS; Testosterone epitestosterone ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; EPITESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; DERIVATIZATION; DOPING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION MONITORING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 67650252506     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.05.016     Document Type: Note

References (8)

1. Although the Landis website, www.floydlandis.com, is no longer up, all of the original data as well as video clips from the hearing at Pepperdine University may be found at: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=floyd%20landis [Accessed 24 Nov. 2008].
2. Transcript of the Landis hearing May 14-23, 2007 before a 3-man arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association - North American Court of Arbitration for Sport convened on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, may be found at: www.arniebakercycling.com/floyd/other_links/AAA%20Official%20Transcript%20May%2013_23%202007.txt [Accessed 24 Nov. 2008].
3. To find the SIM plot used in Fig. 2 go to: http://www.archive.org/details/Floyd_Landis_Case_Documents_Exhibits Then along the left side of the page you will see 'View the book' and in line below it a list of numerous PDF files. Select the next to the last file [PDF (216 MB)] and scroll down to page 1803 of 2114 pages. This should be page 37 of the Testosterone Confirmation Report for Sample Name: 9CS03 from the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory. [Accessed 16 Jan. 2009].
4. Aguilero R., Hatton C.K., and Caitlin D.H. Detection of epitestosterone doping by isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Clin Chem 48 (2002) 629-636
5. Meier-Augenstein W. Applied gas chromatography coupled to isotope ratio mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 842 (1999) 351-371
6. http://www.ascld.org/ [Accessed 08 Dec. 2008].
7. http://www.ascld-lab.org/ [Accessed 08 Dec. 2008].
8. "The Floyd Landis Sports Doping Case: As seen through the eyes of a "mythical" ASCLD Lab Inspector", Bob Blackledge, CAC News, 4th Qtr. 2007, 11-20. [To find this online go to www.cacnews.org Click on CAC News Archive and then click on the cover icon for the 4th Qtr. 2007 issue. Accessed 24 Nov. 2008].