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Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Heavy Metals on Human Health
Toxics, 2023 Heavy metals play an important endocrine-disrupting role in the health consequences. However, the endocrine-disrupting mechanism of heavy metals is unclear.
Dongling Liu +4 more
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Cryptorchidism and endocrine disrupting chemicals
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2012 Prospective clinical studies have suggested that the rate of congenital cryptorchidism has increased since the 1950s. It has been hypothesized that this may be related to environmental factors. Testicular descent occurs in two phases controlled by Leydig cell-derived hormones insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) and testosterone.
Virtanen, Helena E., Adamsson, Annika
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Health Effects Associated with Exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Toxics, 2022 A number of recent studies have shown that human exposures to a wide range of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may increase the risk of disease across the lifespan by altering the homeostasis or action of endogenous hormones, or other signaling ...
Gunnar Toft, Zeyan Liew
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DETECTION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS IN VARIOUS WATER SOURCES IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE [PDF]
Assiut Veterinary Medical JournalThe occurrence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in various water sources is a growing problem worldwide. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are considered persistent contaminants in the aquatic environment, affecting various species including humans, due to
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Early Puberty in Girls
Children, 2021 In recent decades, pubertal onset in girls has been considered to occur at an earlier age than previously. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been associated with alterations in pubertal timing, with several reports suggesting that ...
Anastasios Papadimitriou +1 more
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Insulin Resistance in Children
Biomedicines, 2020 The purpose of this article is to review the evidence linking background exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) with insulin resistance in children.
Eleonora Rotondo, Francesco Chiarelli
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Endocrine Disrupting Activity of Mixtures Composed of Pharmaceuticals and Nanoplastics
Proceedings, 2023 Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are defined as “an exogenous chemical or mixture of chemicals that can interfere with any aspect of the hormone action” [...]
Lucija Božičević +3 more
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Risk Evaluation of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
Dose-Response, 2015 We review here our studies on early exposure to low doses of the estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) on behavior and metabolism in CD-1 mice.
Laura Gioiosa +3 more
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Invited Lecture 2: Endocrine disrupting chemicals in ocean ecosystem and human health risks
BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences, 2020 Brief Biosketch He is the author of 5 books and edited 7 books (chapters). He has published peer-reviewed articles in several reputed journals. He is serving as a Course Coordinator for Undergraduate (MD) teaching: Environmental health.
Atanu Sarkar
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The Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Adolescent Health
Çocuk Dergisi, 2023 Endocrine disrupting chemicals are found in many products such as soaps, shampoos, perfumes, kitchenware, textile materials, plastic bottles and containers, toys, and even foods and drinking water.
Özlem Ketenci Altıkardeşler +1 more
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