The athlete biological passport: An effective tool in the fight against doping

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 830-832

  Robinson, Neil ^a   Saugy, Martial ^a   Vernec, Alan ^b   Sottas, Pierre Edouard ^b  

^a University Center of Legal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b World Anti Doping Agency (WADA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ATHLETE BIOLOGICAL PASSPORT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOPING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 79957709076     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.162107     Document Type: Note

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