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Organochloride Pesticides in Macedonian Girls With Premature Sexual Development Cover

Organochloride Pesticides in Macedonian Girls With Premature Sexual Development

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics
Volume 10 (2007): Issue 1 (April 2007)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10034-007-0008-3 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5761 (formerly 1311-0160) | Journal ISSN: 1311-0160
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Language: English
Page range: 43 - 48
Published on: Oct 10, 2007
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Organochloride pesticides (p,p'- DDE),
Premature sexual development (PSD)
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2007 M Krstevska-Konstantinova, M Kocova, C Charlier, J Bourguignon, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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