Antiandrogens as environmental endocrine disruptors

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Kelce, W R ^a,b   Gray, L E ^a   Wilson, E M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORPHENOTANE; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RAT; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031878114     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R98051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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