Plasticizer endocrine disruption: Highlighting developmental and reproductive effects in mammals and non-mammalian aquatic species

General and Comparative Endocrinology - Tập 219 - Trang 74-88 - 2015
Justine Mathieu‐Denoncourt1, Sarah J. Wallace1, Shane R. de Solla2, Valérie S. Langlois3
1Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada
2Wildlife and Landscape Science Directorate, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada.
3Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

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