title: Doping in athletes--an update.
abstract: The use of doping is as old as humanity. This article explores the history of doping in sports by athletes in the past and in the present and the potential forms of use in the future. The international fight against doping of the World Anti-Doping Agency is discussed, as well as the action of the different International Federations and National Agencies of Doping Control.
authors.affiliation: World Anti-Doping Agency, Rua Felipe Becker, 95, Tres Figueiras, 91330 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. ehderose@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Eduardo H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: De Rose
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000639:trends*; D024861:Genetic Enhancement; D006801:Humans; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; D008517:Phytotherapy