Environmental chemicals with hormone-like properties: A human health problem?;Miljøkjemikalier med hormonliknende effekter - Et helseproblem?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-73

  Holme, Jørn A ^a   Dybing, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0031561542     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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