Pesticides as Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 551-569

  Stoker, Tammy E ^a   Kavlock, Robert J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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