Mechanistic effects of a triazine pesticide on reproductive endocrine function in mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-50

  Moore, Andrew ^a   Waring, Colin P ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0032192202     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1998.2366     Document Type: Article

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