Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 111-120 , March 2006

Effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on adrenal function

  • J.P. Hinson, BSc, PhD, DSc (Reader in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology)

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  • P.W. Raven, MBBS, BSc, PhD, MRCP, MRC Psycn (Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry)

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2005.09.006

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 111-120 , March 2006

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