Endocrine-disrupting environmental contaminants: Is the oestrogen theory a good model?;Miljøgifter med hormonelle effekter: Er østrogenteorien en god forklaringsmodell?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-70

  Ringvold, Sigrun ^a   Røttingen, John Arne ^b,c,d  

^a Norges Naturvemforbund   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Arbeidsgruppe Miljø og U   (Norway)

^d Stokmarknes sykehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0031561510     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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