Environmental Health Factors and Sexually Dimorphic Differences in Behavioral Disruptions

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 287-301

  Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a   Trainor, Brian C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Anxiety; Bisphenol A; Cognition; Developmental Origins of Health and Disease; Endocrine Disruptors; Glucocorticoids; Gonadal Hormones; In Utero Environment; Sex Differences; Sexual Selection; Social and Reproductive Behaviors; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938515950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-014-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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