Bisphenol A: Perinatal exposure and body weight

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Rubin, Beverly S ^a   Soto, Ana M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight regulation; Endocrine disruptors; Fetal and neonatal exposure; Fetal basis of adult disease; Obesity; Perinatal exposure; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ADIPONECTIN; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TETRACHLOROBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 67349209522     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.02.023     Document Type: Review

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