A risk assessment perspective on the neurobehavioral toxicity of endocrine disruptors

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-359

  Weiss, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; behavioral teratology; brain development; IQ; lead; neurobehavioral toxicity; neurotoxicology; risk assessment; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING LIPID METABOLISM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

AGING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031984331     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379801400122     Document Type: Article

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