Estrogen-like endocrine disrupting chemicals affecting puberty in humans - A review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Roy, Jonathan R ^a   Chakraborty, Sanjoy ^a,b   Chakraborty, Tandra R ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPA; DDT; EDC; EEDC; Estrogen; PBB; Puberty

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ATRAZINE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFAN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZERANOL;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE GROWTH;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; PUBERTY;

EID: 66749146826     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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