The Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis Pathway as a Target for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Toxicological Sciences - Tập 94 Số 1 - Trang 3-21 - 2006
J. Thomas Sanderson1
1INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 245 Hymus Boulevard (Pointe-Claire), Montréal, Québec, Canada H9R 1G6.

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