Targeted toxicological testing to investigate the role of endocrine disrupters in puberty disorders

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-296

  Maranghi, Francesca ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children health; Endocrine disrupters; Epidemiological data; Puberty disorders; Risk assessment; Toxicological testing

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ATRAZINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; IPRODIONE; LINDANE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROCYMIDONE; PROGESTERONE; SEMICARBAZIDE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPHENYLTIN; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KISS1 GENE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PUBERTY; PUBERTY DISORDERS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84859754726     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.01.009     Document Type: Review

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