GLOSSARY

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XENOESTROGENS (Xénoestrogènes)

Chemical substances (most often of industrial origin and present in the environment) that affect endocrine function (hormone production) and may thus have deleterious effects on the health of an organism or its offspring (…these chemical substances are estrogen mimickers or xenoestrogens because they imitate certain physiological effects of estrogens, such as vitellogenin synthesis, by interacting with the cellular receptor of estrogens).

(Translation Bureau. Termium. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999.)

YEAR-CLASS (Classe d’âge)

All the young of a species that are produced in one annual spawning season (usually a calendar year).

(Translation Bureau. Termium. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999.)