Elucidating the links between endocrine disruptors and neurodevelopment

Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1941-1951

  Schug, Thaddeus T ^a   Blawas, Ashley M ^b   Gray, Kimberly ^a   Heindel, Jerrold J ^a   Lawler, Cindy P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DDT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84930435227     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1734     Document Type: Note

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