Appropriate Uses of Physiological Techniques for Endocrine Studies

The recent explosion of interest in the potential of chemicals to disrupt endocrine processes at very low exposure levels has led to the increased use of physiological tools in field studies. Physiological studies have not been fully developed for ecotoxicological applications and are underappreciated or poorly utilized. In ecotoxicological studies, physiological tools have historically been focused on direct impacts of specific chemicals, and …