Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife: Background, Effects, and Implications

Endocrine Disrupters: Hazard Testing and Assessment Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 7-58

  Vethaak, Dick ^a,b   Legler, Juliette ^b  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological significance; Endocrine disruption; Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); Environment; Health; Integrated approach; Toxicity testing; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886220092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118355961.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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