Assessing the effects of endocrine disruptors in the National Children's Study.(Endocrine disruptors: mini-monograph)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Children are uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemicals in the environment. Among the environmental toxicants to which children are at risk of exposure are endocrine disruptors (EDs)--chemicals that have the capacity to interfere with hormonal signaling systems. EDs may alter feedback loops in the brain, pituitary, gonads, thyroid, and other components of the endocrine system. They can affect development. Effects of EDs have been described in wildlife populations, in animals exposed experimentally, and to a more limited extent in humans. Mechanisms of action of EDs are increasingly ...

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