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Editorial: Environmental toxicity in reproduction
Summary
This editorial introduces a Frontiers in Physiology research collection on environmental toxicity in reproduction. It provides context for peer-reviewed studies examining how environmental pollutants affect reproductive and developmental physiology.
EDITORIAL article Front. Physiol., 19 December 2023Sec. Developmental Physiology Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1351594
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