Environmental pollutants and the reproductive system in birds : Developmental effects of estrogenic compounds
A number of environmental pollutants have been shown to mimick the action of the female sex hormone estrogen and are, therefore, suspected to be responsible for reproductive abnormalities seen in wildlife. Test systems which can be used in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals with estrogenic effe...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för evolutionsbiologi
2000
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-501 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-554-4798-8 |