Quantifying cobalt in doping control urine samples--a pilot study

• Published in: Drug testing and analysis Vol. 6; no. 11-12; p. 1186
• Main Authors: Krug, Oliver, Kutscher, Daniel, Piper, Thomas, Geyer, Hans, Schänzer, Wilhelm, Thevis, Mario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Athletes; Cobalt - pharmacokinetics; Cobalt - urine; Cohort Studies; Doping in Sports - prevention & control; Female; Humans; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Pilot Projects; Specimen Handling; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Vitamin B 12 - pharmacokinetics; Vitamins - pharmacokinetics; Young Adult; doping; mass spectrometry; cobalt; ICP-MS; urine; sport

Since first reports on the impact of metals such as manganese and cobalt on erythropoiesis were published in the late 1920s, cobaltous chloride became a viable though not widespread means for the treatment of anaemic conditions. Today, its use is de facto eliminated from clinical practice; however,...