Pharmacology Doping and Sports

<p>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 <em>Pharmacology Doping and Sports</em> these techniques and procedures are explained by the anti-doping experts who practice them. </p><p>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: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>standard analytical and diagnostic tests for sports doping</li> <li>regulatory standards for laboratory proficiency</li> <li>common performance-enhancing techniques such as anabolic and designer steroids blood doping growth hormones and gene doping</li> <li>carbon-isotope ratio testing.</li> </ul><p>Written by some of the world's leading authorities on the science of sports doping <em>Pharmacology Doping and Sports</em> 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.</p>