Adverse Health Consequences of Environmental Exposure to 'Endocrine Disruptors'

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-55

  Paumgartten, Francisco José Roma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Breast cancer; DDT; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor; Low dose effects; Reproductive disorders

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ANTIANDROGEN; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; XENOESTROGEN;

BREAST CANCER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM; WILDLIFE;

EID: 1942424765     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2003v5p45     Document Type: Short Survey

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