Potential toxicity of synthetic chemicals: What you should know about endocrine-disrupting chemicals

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-566

  Schwarzman, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CRYPTORCHISM; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHILD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 53049104081     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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