New insights into the endocrine disrupting effects of brominated flame retardants

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Legler, Juliette ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAME SPRAYING; MAMMALS; MECHANISMS; WATER POLLUTION;

AMSTERDAM; ANDROGEN; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CRITICAL TIME; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ESTROGEN; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MARGIN OF SAFETY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RODENT MODELS; TARGET SITES; THYROID; THYROID HORMONES;

SPECIAL EFFECTS;

ANDROGEN; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; STEROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; MODELING; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SAFETY; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; WILDLIFE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 50049088774     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.081     Document Type: Article

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