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Endocrine Disruption : Biological Bases for Health Effects in Wildlife and Humans.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (492 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195350265
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Endocrine DisruptionDDC classification:
  • 571.951
LOC classification:
  • RA1224.2.N675 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
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 -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Summary: Part I. Vertebrate Chemical Regulation1. Introduction to Endocrinology, David O. Norris and James A. Carr2. Hormone Action on Receptors, Miles Orchinik and Catherine Propper3. The Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis, James A. Carr and David O. Norris4. The Thyroid Gland, James A. Carr and David O. Norris5. The Adrenal Glands, James A. Carr and David O. Norris6. The Gonads, James A. Carr and David O. NorrisPart II. Toxicology and Risk Assessment7. Introduction to the Science of Toxicology, Richard L. Dickerson and Ernest E. Smith8. Probablistic Risk Assessment, Kenneth R. Dixon and Clyde F. Martin9. Fish and Wildlife as Sentinels of Environmental Contamination, Lynn Frame and Richard L. DickersonPart III. Representative EDCs in Animals10. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Potential Mechanisms and Risk as Endocrine Disruptors, Mary K. Walker11. Toxicology of PDBs and Related Compounds, John P. Giesy, K. Kannan, Alan L. Blankenship, Paul D. Jones, and J.L. Newsted12. DDT and Its Analogues: New Insights into Their Endocrine-Disrupting Effects on Wildlife, Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Stefan A.E. Kools, Mark P. Gunderson, and Dieldrich S. Bermudez13. Heavy Metals, Alice Hontela and Alexandra Lacroix14. Effects of Alkyphenolic Compounds on Wildlife, Werner Kloas15. Endocrine-Active Phytochemicals: Environmental Signaling Context and Mechanisms, Alan M. Vajda and David O. Norris16. Triazines, Timothy S. Gross and R. Heath RauschenbergerAppendices.
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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 -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Part I. Vertebrate Chemical Regulation1. Introduction to Endocrinology, David O. Norris and James A. Carr2. Hormone Action on Receptors, Miles Orchinik and Catherine Propper3. The Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis, James A. Carr and David O. Norris4. The Thyroid Gland, James A. Carr and David O. Norris5. The Adrenal Glands, James A. Carr and David O. Norris6. The Gonads, James A. Carr and David O. NorrisPart II. Toxicology and Risk Assessment7. Introduction to the Science of Toxicology, Richard L. Dickerson and Ernest E. Smith8. Probablistic Risk Assessment, Kenneth R. Dixon and Clyde F. Martin9. Fish and Wildlife as Sentinels of Environmental Contamination, Lynn Frame and Richard L. DickersonPart III. Representative EDCs in Animals10. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Potential Mechanisms and Risk as Endocrine Disruptors, Mary K. Walker11. Toxicology of PDBs and Related Compounds, John P. Giesy, K. Kannan, Alan L. Blankenship, Paul D. Jones, and J.L. Newsted12. DDT and Its Analogues: New Insights into Their Endocrine-Disrupting Effects on Wildlife, Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Stefan A.E. Kools, Mark P. Gunderson, and Dieldrich S. Bermudez13. Heavy Metals, Alice Hontela and Alexandra Lacroix14. Effects of Alkyphenolic Compounds on Wildlife, Werner Kloas15. Endocrine-Active Phytochemicals: Environmental Signaling Context and Mechanisms, Alan M. Vajda and David O. Norris16. Triazines, Timothy S. Gross and R. Heath RauschenbergerAppendices.

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