Endocrine disruptors - Ecotoxicological assays

Archives of Environmental Protection

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Łebkowska, Maria ^a   Załȩska radziwiłł, Monika ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Fish; Hormones; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56749104484     PISSN: 03248461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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