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Pharmacology, Doping and Sports - A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators (Hardcover)
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Pharmacology, Doping and Sports - A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators (Hardcover)
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The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the
development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances.
Organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Association and the
United States Anti-Doping Agency are pioneering cutting-edge
techniques designed to keep competition at the highest level fair
and safe, and must ensure that their drug testing laboratories
adhere to the highest scientific standards. In Pharmacology, Doping
and Sports these techniques and procedures are explained by the
anti-doping experts who practice them. Broad-ranging in scope, this
book examines the effects of performance-enhancing substances on
the athlete's health; the role of anti-doping procedures as an
ethical question, and explains the background to, and the emergence
of, the anti-doping movement. The book also offers in-depth
analysis of key scientific matters, such as: standard analytical
and diagnostic tests for sports doping regulatory standards for
laboratory proficiency common performance-enhancing techniques such
as anabolic and designer steroids, blood doping, growth hormones,
and gene doping carbon-isotope ratio testing. Written by some of
the world's leading authorities on the science of sports doping,
Pharmacology, Doping and Sports provides an invaluable study of
up-to-the-minute anti-doping techniques. This book is essential
reading for all sports scientists, coaches, policy-makers, students
and athletes interested in the science or ethics of doping in
sport.
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