Investigations on hydrogen isotope ratios of endogenous urinary steroids: Reference-population-based thresholds and proof-of-concept

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 717-727

  Piper, Thomas ^a   Thomas, Andreas ^b   Thevis, Mario ^b   Saugy, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doping control; Excretion study; GC TC IRMS; Hydrogen isotope ratio; Reference population

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGEN; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; METABOLITES; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DOPING CONTROL; EXCRETION STUDY; GC/TC/IRMS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE RATIO; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REFERENCE POPULATION; TESTOSTERONE;

SPORTS;

11 OXOETIOCHOLANOLONE; 16 ANDROSTENOL; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; HYDROGEN; PRASTERONE; PREGNANEDIOL; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVOLYSIS; STEROID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84866775123     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1416     Document Type: Article

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