Triorganotin as a compound with potential reproductive toxicity in mammals
Organotin compounds are typical environmental contaminants and suspected endocrine-disrupting substances, which cause irreversible sexual abnormality in female mollusks, called "imposex". However, little is known about the capability of triorganotin compounds, such as tributyltin and triph...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2011-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000900018 |