An approach to assessment of endocrine disruption in the National Children's Study.(Endocrine disruptors: mini-monograph)

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

In this article we consider the importance of assessing endocrine disruption in a large new cohort that has been proposed, the National Children's Study (NCS). We briefly review evidence that endocrine disruption is a potentially important hypothesis for human studies and weigh the need to assess endocrine disruption in the NCS. We note the salient features of earlier, similar cohort studies that serve as reference points for the design of the NCS. Finally, we discuss features of the NCS that would allow or enhance assessment of endocrine disruption, even if endocrine disruption ...

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