Toxic chemicals: Can what we don't know harm us?

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-133

  Defur, Peter L ^a   Foersom, Lisa ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Endocrine disruptors; Health; Sentinels; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033627339     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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