Plasticizer endocrine disruption: Highlighting developmental and reproductive effects in mammals and non-mammalian aquatic species

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-88

  Mathieu Denoncourt, Justine ^a   Wallace, Sarah J ^a   de Solla, Shane R ^b   Langlois, Valerie S ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic vertebrates; Bisphenol A; BPA; Phthalates; Sex steroids; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FATTY ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER; THYROID HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID;

AQUATIC SPECIES; CELL STRESS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STEROIDOGENESIS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GROWTH HORMONE; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84939415775     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.11.003     Document Type: Review

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