Ecological risk assessment of substances with suspected estrogenic activity using standard laboratory fish tests

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1364, 1999, Pages 182-206

  Gimeno, S ^a   Bowmer, C T ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; HORMONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ESTROGEN;

TOXICITY;

EID: 0033360226     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15803s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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