Health Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife, with Special Reference to the European Situation

@article{Vos2000HealthEO,
  title={Health Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife, with Special Reference to the European Situation},
  author={Joseph G. Vos and Erik Dybing and Helmut Greim and Ole Ladefoged and Claude R. Lambr{\'e} and José Vicente Tarazona and Ingvar Brandt and A. Dick Vethaak},
  journal={Critical Reviews in Toxicology},
  year={2000},
  volume={30},
  pages={133 - 71}
}
Many wildlife species may be exposed to biologically active concentrations of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. There is strong evidence obtained from laboratory studies showing the potential of several environmental chemicals to cause endocrine disruption at environmentally realistic exposure levels. In wildlife populations, associations have been reported between reproductive and developmental effects and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In the aquatic environment, effects have been observed in… Expand
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