Framework for gender differences in human and animal toxicology

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-21

  Gochfeld, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hormones; Sex; Susceptibility; Toxicodynamics; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX HORMONE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

AGE; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TOXICOLOGY; VISCERA; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147143580     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.005     Document Type: Review

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