Endocrine Active Chemicals: Broadening the Scope

Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 661-701

  Mahaffey, Kathryn R ^a   Tan, Shirlee W ^b   Grim, K Christiana ^a   Meiller, Jessica C ^a   Bergfelt, Donald R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

End points and clinical signs associated with endocrine activity; Endocrine active chemicals broadening scope; Health and disease developmental origins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857371266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470442890.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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