Endocrine Disruption
Biological Bases for Health Effects in Wildlife and Humans
1st Edition
Published on 22. September 2005
492 pages
978-0-19-535026-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses the biological effects of the reasonably large number of classes of compounds that have been recognized as endocrine disrupters. These compounds have been found to persist as pollutants in the environment, and have been blamed for causing developmental disorders and/or fertility problems in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and possibly humans. This book presents the relevant fundamentals of the endocrine systems of animals and humans, the toxicology, developmental toxicology, ecology, and risk assessment methods, and lays out the current state of understanding for the whole field, organized by the classes of compounds that have been identified as endocrine disrupters.
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David O. Norris | James A. Carr
Endocrine Disruption
Biological bases for health effects in wildlife and humans
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10/2005
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I. Vertebrate Chemical Regulation
- 1. Introduction to Endocrinology
- 2. Hormone Action on Receptors
- 3. The Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis
- 4. The Thyroid Gland
- 5. The Adrenal Glands
- 6. The Gonads
- Part II. Toxicology and Risk Assessment
- Introduction to Part II
- 7. Introduction to the Science of Toxicology
- 8. Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- 9. Fish and Wildlife as Sentinels of Environmental Contamination
- Part III. Representative EDCs in Animals
- Introduction to Part III
- 10. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Potential Mechanisms and Risk as Endocrine Disruptors
- 11. Toxicology of PCBs and Related Compounds
- 12. DDT and Its Analogues: New Insights into Their Endocrine-Disrupting Effects on Wildlife
- 13. Heavy Metals
- 14. Effects of Alkylphenolic Compounds on Wildlife
- 15. Endocrine-Active Phytochemicals: Environmental Signaling Context and Mechanisms
- 16. Triazines
- Appendices
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
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- Q
- R
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- T
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