Disturbed sexual characteristics in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from a lake contaminated with endocrine disruptors.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on May 01, 2003

Authors

Gunnar Toft1, Thea M Edwards, Erik Baatrup, Louis J Guillette

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. gutof@akh.aaa.dk

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