PBDE flame retardants: Toxicokinetics and thyroid hormone endocrine disruption in fish

Endocrine Disruptors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages e29430-1-e29430-25

  Noyes, Pamela D ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Feminization; Flame retardant; Neurodevelopment; Neurotoxicity; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Reproduction; Thyroid hormone; Thyroid receptor; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE;

DEIODINATION; FERTILITY; FISH; GENOMICS; HATCHING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPAWNING; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILDLIFE;

EID: 85043543082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23273747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/endo.29430     Document Type: Review

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