Environmental and dietary endocrine disruptors and women's health

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 53-59

  Holmes, Philip ^a   Harrison, Paul T C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Toxicology Group

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Environmental exposure; Menopause; Organochlorines; Phytoestrogens; Reproductive health; Women

Indexed keywords

DIELDRIN; HERBICIDE; IPRIFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE OIL; SEX HORMONE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RISK; POSTMENOPAUSE; RED CLOVER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0034971835     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218001100321245     Document Type: Review

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