Impacts of hormone-disrupting chemicals on wildlife

Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 125-140

  Tyler, C R ^a   Goodhead, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874060985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778230.011     Document Type: Chapter

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