Disruption of nongenomic steroid actions on gametes and serotonergic pathways controlling reproductive neuroendocrine function by environmental chemicals

Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-45

  Thomas, Peter ^a   Khan, Izhar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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