Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds and Mixtures: Unexpected Dose-Response

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-269

  Willingham, Emily ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORDANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONOTOXIN; NONACHLOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; TURTLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 1042301320     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2110-1     Document Type: Article

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