Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: A reply to a "common sense" intervention by toxicology journal editors

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bergman, Åke ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^b   Becher, Georg ^c   Van Den Berg, Martin ^d   Blumberg, Bruce ^e   Bjerregaard, Poul ^f   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^g   Bornman, Riana ^h   Brandt, Ingvar ⁱ   Brian, Jayne V ^j   Casey, Stephanie C ^e   Fowler, Paul A ^k   Frouin, Heloise ^l   Giudice, Linda C ^m   Iguchi, Taisen ⁿ   Hass, Ulla ^o   Jobling, Susan ^j   Juul, Anders ^b   Kidd, Karen A ^p   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^j   Lind, Monica ⁱ   Martin, Olwenn V ^j   Muir, Derek ^q   Ochieng, Roseline ^r   Olea, Nicolas ^s   Norrgren, Leif ^t   Ropstad, Erik ^u   Ross, Peter S ^l   Rudén, Christina ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^v   Skakkebaek, Niels Erik ^b   Söder, Olle ^w   Sonnenschein, Carlos ^x   Soto, Ana ^x   Swan, Shanna ^y   Toppari, Jorma ^z   Tyler, Charles R ^aa   Vandenberg, Laura N ^x   Vinggaard, Anne Marie ^o   Wiberg, Karin ^t   Zoeller, R Thomas ^ab   more..

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^q ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^r AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^t SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^u NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^v ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^w KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^x TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environment; Health; Precautionary principle; Regulatory toxicology

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLLUTANT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RISK; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

COMPUTER MODEL; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POLLUTANT; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84883581681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-69     Document Type: Review

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