Incidence of anabolic steroid counterfeiting in Brazil

Forensic Science International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages

  da Justa Neves, Diana Brito ^a   Marcheti, Ravane Gracy Ament ^b   Caldas, Eloisa Dutra ^b  

^a National Institute of Criminalistics   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroids; Brazil; Counterfeiting; Medicines

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; BOLDENONE ESTER; CLENBUTEROL; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; GROWTH HORMONE; METENOLONE; METENOLONE ESTER; METHYLESTRENOLONE; NANDROLONE; NANDROLONE ESTER; OXANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER; TRENBOLONE; TRENBOLONE ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; DRUG LABELING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PACKAGING; PARAGUAY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84876458994     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.035     Document Type: Article

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