Endocrine disruption and senescence: Consequences for reproductive endocrine and neuroendocrine systems, behavioral responses, and immune function

Neurotoxicology: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 138-155

  Ottinger, Mary Ann ^a   Lavoie, Emma T ^a   Dean, Karen ^a   Sitzmann, Brandon D ^a   Quinn, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

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