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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