An approach to the development of quantitative models to assess the effects of exposure to environmentally relevant levels of endocrine disrupters on homeostasis in adults

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Ben Jonathan, Nira ^a   Cooper, Ralph L ^b   Foster, Paul ^c   Hughes, Claude L ^d   Hoyer, Patricia B ^e   Klotz, Diane ^f   Kohn, Michael ^f   Lamb, Dolores J ^g   Stancel, George M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogens; Homeostasis; Spermatogenesis; Testicular steroidogenesis; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; THYROID HORMONE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TOXICITY;

EID: 0032856967     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s4605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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