Environmental chemicals: Evaluating low-dose effects

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Birnbaum, Linda S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84859305469     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205179     Document Type: Editorial

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