Effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on adrenal function

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-120

  Hinson, J P ^a   Raven, P W ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical; Aldosterone; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Glucocorticoid; Stress

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETOMIDATE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBICIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHACRYLONITRILE; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MITOTANE; NITROFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL DISEASE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETOMIDATE; HUMANS; MINERALOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME, APPARENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 33644641249     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2005.09.006     Document Type: Review

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