Some aspects of doping and medication control in equine sports

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2010, Pages 369-409

  Houghton, Ed ^a   Maynard, Steve ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doping analysis; Drug metabolism; Horseracing

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ARSENIC; BOLDENONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSTEBOL ACETATE; DANAZOL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLESTRENOL; FLUOXYMESTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESTANOLONE; MESTEROLONE; METANDIENONE; METENOLONE ACETATE; METHYLESTRENOLONE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE; NORETHANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; SALICYLIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; THEOBROMINE; TRENBOLONE; STEROID;

BREEDING; DOPING; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HORSE; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIET; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; URINE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIET; DOPING IN SPORTS; HORSES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPORTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 77449107608     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79088-4_17     Document Type: Review

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