Endocrine disruptors: Hormone-active chemicals from the environment: A risk to humans?;Endokrin aktive Substanzen in der Umwelt (Endocrine Disruptors): Gefahr für den Menschen?

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 967-972

  Klingmuller D ^a   Allera A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; endocrine disruptors; environmental chemicals; phthalates; testicular dysgenesis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HORMONE;

HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955555571     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275832     Document Type: Review

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