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Dietary Supplements: A Consumer Dilemma (See p. 103 in your text.)
International Olympic Committee Medical Commission

( http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/commissions/medical/index_uk.asp )
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

( http://www.wada-ama.org )
Swiss Institute of Sports Sciences

( http://www.dopinginfo.ch )
NCAA Drug Testing Programs

( http://www.ncaa.org/sports_sciences/drugtesting )
FindLaw Drug Watch: Drug Use in Sports

( http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/sports/drugs/index.html )
Yahoo! News: Drugs in Sports

( http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Sports/Drugs_in_Sports )
For information on particular supplements, try visiting and, if needed, performing a search, at the following sites:

Anabolic Steroid Abuse

( http://www.steroidabuse.org )
American Botanical Council

( http://www.herbalgram.org )
ConsumerLab.Com

( http://www.consumerlab.com )
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Dietary Supplements Information

( http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html )
FDA Consumer: Tips for the Savvy Supplement User

( http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/202_supp.html )
Kansas State University: Nutritional Supplements for Athletes

( http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/nutrition/supplements.htm )
MedlinePlus: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements

( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitaminandmineralsupplements.html )
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

( http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov )
Physician and Sportsmedicine Online

( http://www.physsportsmed.com )
USDA Dietary Supplements Information

( http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000015.html )
Abstracts of research studies on herbs, vitamins, and other dietary supplements are available at the following searchable sites:

Kansas State University: Nutritional Supplements for Athletes

( http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/nutrition/supplements.htm )
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

( http://nccam.nih.gov )
National Library of Medicine: PubMed

( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed )
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

( http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov )







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