Critical comments on the WHO-UNEP State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - 2012

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-40

  Lamb, James C ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Foster, Warren G ^c   Goodman, Julie E ^d   Hentz, Karyn L ^a   Rhomberg, Lorenz R ^d   Staveley, Jane ^a   Swaen, Gerard ^e   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^f   Williams, Amy L ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GRADIENT   (United States)

^e Exponent   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causation; Disease trends; Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); Low dose effects; Non monotonic dose response (NMDR); State of the science; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; POLLUTANT;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84895756017     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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