Manufacturing doubt about endocrine disrupter science - A rebuttal of industry-sponsored critical comments on the UNEP/WHO report "State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012"

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1007-1017

  Bergman, Åke ^a   Becher, Georg ^b   Blumberg, Bruce ^c   Bjerregaard, Poul ^d   Bornman, Riana ^e   Brandt, Ingvar ^f   Casey, Stephanie C ^c   Frouin, Heloise ^g   Giudice, Linda C ^h   Heindel, Jerrold J ⁱ   Iguchi, Taisen ^j   Jobling, Susan ^k   Kidd, Karen A ^l   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^k   Lind, P Monica ^p   Muir, Derek ^m   Ochieng, Roseline ⁿ   Ropstad, Erik ^o   Ross, Peter S ^q   Skakkebaek, Niels Erik ^p   Toppari, Jorma ^q   Vandenberg, Laura N ^r   Woodruff, Tracey J ^h   Zoeller, R Thomas ^r   more..

^a Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox)   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^k BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^m ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^o NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^p Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Author keywords

EDCs; Endocrine disruption; Endocrine disruptors

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ADRENAL DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLICY; POTENCY DISORDER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING REGULATION; SPERM QUALITY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 84952718323     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.07.026     Document Type: Note

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