Human exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds: Their role in reproductive systems, metabolic syndrome and breast cancer. A review

Environmental Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 251-264

  Giulivo, Monica ^a   Lopez de Alda, Miren ^b   Capri, Ettore ^a   Barceló, Damià ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BISPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; OBESITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TEST;

BREAST CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METABOLIC DISORDER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 84982863801     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.011     Document Type: Review

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