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- Title
Bifenilos policlorados y disrupción endocrina en la fauna salvaje.
- Authors
Hemández-Moreno, David; Míguez-Santiyán, María P.; Oropesa-Jiménez, Ana L.; Soler-Rodríguez, Francisco; van Wyk, J. H.; Pérez-López, Marcos
- Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls are a broad family o f persistent environmental pollutants of enormous environmental significance, because despite being prohibited, they are still found in alarming concentrations in the environment, enough to trigger environmental biomonitoring programs. Associated to this need to continue identifying and quantifying them, their potential effect as endocrine disruptors is o f great relevance, being an important issue from the point o f view o f the reproduction o f wildlife species. In fact, in the last two decades, the scientific community interest about investigating the alterations in the functioning o f the endocrine system o f vertebrates and invertebrates because o f exposure to chemicals has increased. In short, the present review summarizes current date knowledge on polychlorinated biphenyls quantified in wildlife, and their main effects on reproduction.
- Publication
Observatorio Medioambiental, 2016, Vol 19, p91
- ISSN
1139-1987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/OBMD.54160