Endocrine disruption in wildlife: A critical review of the evidence

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-361

  Tyler, C R ^a   Jobling, S ^a   Sumpter, J P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; STEROID HORMONE;

ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031844641     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408449891344236     Document Type: Review

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