Estrogenic and anti-androgenic endocrine disrupting chemicals and their impact on the male reproductive system

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  De Falco, Maria ^a,b   Forte, Maurizio ^a,b   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A (BPA); Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); Nonylphenol (NP); Phthalates; Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome (TDS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063830570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00003     Document Type: Review

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