Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals. Elucidating Our Understanding of Their Role in Sex and Gender-Relevant End Points

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-98

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior; Development; Emotional reactivity; Sex differences; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCES; STEROIDS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84891425353     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800095-3.00003-1     Document Type: Chapter

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