Organochlorine pesticides as endocrine disrupters in wildlife

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 34-35

  Guillette Jr , L J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Pesticides; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; TOXICOLOGY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 6744227929     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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