Hormone disruptors: A clue to understanding the environmental causes of disease

Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 22-31

  Krimsky, Sheldon ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BREAST CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0034982944     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139150109605144     Document Type: Review

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