Screening and Testing for Endocrine Disruption in Fish—Biomarkers As “Signposts,” Not “Traffic Lights,” in Risk Assessment
- 1 April 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 114 (Suppl 1), 106-114
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8062
Abstract
Biomarkers are currently best used as mechanistic “signposts” rather than as “traffic lights” in the environmental risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In field studies, biomarkers of exposure [e.g., ...Keywords
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