Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Origins, fates and transmission into the food chain

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Food

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-125

  Connolly, L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960105689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695743.2.103     Document Type: Chapter

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