Welcome to the revolution: Integrative biology and assessing the impact of endocrine disruptors on environmental and public health

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-329

  Hayes, Tyrone B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19944422433     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.2.321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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