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Estrogen as an environmental pollutant

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  1. Department of Hormone Research, Kimron Veterinary Institute, POB 12, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Laurence S. Shore, Michael Gurevitz & Mordechai Shemesh

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Shore, L.S., Gurevitz, M. & Shemesh, M. Estrogen as an environmental pollutant. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51, 361–366 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201753

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