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Endocrine‐Disrupting Chemicals: Associated Disorders and Mechanisms of Action

Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
The incidence and/or prevalence of health problems associated with endocrine‐disruption have increased. Many chemicals have endocrine‐disrupting properties, including bisphenol A, some organochlorines, polybrominated flame retardants, perfluorinated substances, alkylphenols, phthalates, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols ...
Sam De Coster, Nicolas van Larebeke, David O. Carpenter   +2 more
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Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) may influence birth weight among infants in a Swedish cohort with background exposure: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants, e.g. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) has been suggested to negatively affect birth weight although epidemiological evidence is still inconclusive.
Anders Glynn, Annika Hanberg, Marie Aune, Per Ola Darnerud, Sanna Lignell, Susanna C Larsson   +5 more
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Predictors of Serum Chlorinated Pesticide Concentrations among Prepubertal Russian Boys [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Few studies have evaluated predictors of childhood exposure to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), a class of lipophilic persistent chemicals.
Altshul, Larisa M., Birnbaum, Linda S., Burns, Jane S., Hauser, Russ, Korrick, Susan A., Lam, Thuy, Lee, Mary M., Patterson, Donald G., Revich, Boris, Sergeyev, Oleg, Turner, Wayman E., Williams, Paige L.   +11 more
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First year growth in relation to prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors - A dutch prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Growth in the first year of life may already be predictive of obesity later in childhood. The objective was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to various endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and child growth during the first year ...
De Boer, MR, De Cock, M, Lamoree, M, Legler, J, Van de Bor, M   +4 more
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Preconceptional and in utero exposure of sheep to a real‐life environmental chemical mixture disrupts key markers of energy metabolism in male offspring

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2024.
Developmental exposure to environmental chemical mixture within biosolids affects energy and lipid metabolism in adult male offspring. Abstract Over recent decades, an extensive array of anthropogenic chemicals have entered the environment and have been implicated in the increased incidence of an array of diseases, including metabolic syndrome.
Mohammad Ghasemzadeh‐Hasankolaei, Chris S. Elcombe, Samantha Powls, Richard G. Lea, Kevin D. Sinclair, Vasantha Padmanabhan, Neil P. Evans, Michelle Bellingham   +7 more
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Neuropsychological Measures of Attention and Impulse Control among 8-Year-Old Children Exposed Prenatally to Organochlorines [PDF]

, 2012
Background: We previously reported associations between organochlorines and behaviors related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among boys and girls at 8 years of age using a teacher’s rating scale for a birth cohort in New Bedford ...
Altshul, Larisa M., Bellinger, David C., Korrick, Susan A., Sagiv, Sharon K., Thurston, Sally W.   +4 more
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Gendered dimensions of environmental health, contaminants and global change in Nunavik, Canada [PDF]

, 2006
Ainsi que l’a démontré la littérature universitaire au cours des deux dernières décennies, la pollution est une importante menace potentielle à la santé à court et à long terme des êtres humains et de l’environnement naturel de l’Arctique, de même qu ...
Kafarowski, Joanna
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A Quantitative Analysis to Evaluate the Association of Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus As Compared to Pregnant Women With Normal Glucose Tolerance Test [PDF]

Introduction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is characterized by glucose intolerance during pregnancy, often asymptomatic but occasionally presenting with severe hyperglycemia.
Dr. Habibur Rahaman, Dr. Ajeet Singh Chahar, Dr. Prabhat Agrawal , Dr. Kamna Singh , Dr. Manish Raj Kulshresta, Dr. Nitu Chauhan, Dr. Ruchika Garg, Dr. Geetu Singh, Dr Anupam Shukla
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Association Between the Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Body Weight Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies [PDF]

, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Being a major risk factor of a wide range of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), obesity has been one of the most challenging public health problems today.
Abu Hjeily, Dina
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Pesticide residues in the water and fish (lagoon tilapia) samples from lagoons in Ghana

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2009
This study was to ascertain the presence and subsequent amount of four organochlorine pesticides: dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (2,4’-DDE), 4,4’-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (4,4’-DDD), p,p’-dichloro- diphenyltrichloroethane [p,p’-DDT (r) (i) (f ...
D.K. Essumang, G.K. Togoh, L. Chokky
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