Endocrine disruptors in the environment

For most of the last decade, the science of endocrine disruption has evolved with more definitive evidence of its damaging potential to health and the environment. This book lists the major environmental chemicals of concern and their mechanism of endocrine disruption including remedial measures for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Khetan, Sushil K.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]
Subjects
Endocrine disrupting chemicals > Environmental aspects.
Endocrine disrupting chemicals > Toxicity testing.
Endocrine toxicology.
Pollution.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781118891032
1118891031
9781118891155
1118891155
9781118891094
1118891090
9781118852934
1118852931
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Environmental endocrine disruptors
  • Mechanisms of endocrine system function
  • Environmental chemicals targeting estrogen signaling pathways
  • Anti-androgenic chemicals
  • Thyroid-disrupting chemicals
  • Activators of PPAR, RXR, AhR, and steroidogenic Factor 1
  • Effects of EDC mixtures
  • Environmentally induced epigenetic modifications and transgenerational effects
  • Biodegradations and biotransformations of selected examples of EDCs
  • Abiotic degradations/transformations of EDCs Through oxidation processes
  • Screening and testing programs for EDCs
  • Trace contaminants: implications for water quality sustainability
  • Policy and regulatory considerations for EDCs
  • Green chemistry principles in the designing and screening for safe chemicals and remediation of EDCs.

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