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This project was supported by Contract No. CX 824040-01-0 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Cooperative Agreement No. 1445-CA09-96-0027 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Biological Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hormonally active agents in the environment / Committee on Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment. Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
p. cm. 
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. 
ISBN 0-309-06419-8 (case binding) 
1. Reproductive toxicology. 2. Endocrine toxicology. 3. Environmental toxicology. I. 
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Hormonally Active Agents in the 
Environment. 
RA1224.2.H67    1999 
616.4'07 1—dc21 
                                                                        99-50523 

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