Endocrine Disrupters

Peter Matthiessen

John Wiley & Sons

2013

398 páginas

13h 16m

ISBN-13: 9780470932094

Inglês

"This book examines major animal groups for sensitivity to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), identifying endpoints and procedures for chemical industry and regulatory authority testing guidelines. The emphasis is on practical testing methods that combine sensitivity, efficiency, statistical power, acceptable cost, and minimum ethical concern. Three EDC screening methods (two using fish and one using amphibians) that have recently been standardized and published as Test Guidelines by OECD are covered, and these will be examined in detail for their efficacy and applicability"--