Endocrine disruption : biological basis for health effects in wildlife and humans / edited by David O. Norris and James A. Carr.
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Vertebrate chemical regulation
- 1. Introduction to endocrinology / David O. Norris and James A. Carr
- 2. Hormone action on receptors / Miles Orchinik and Catherine Propper
- 3. The hypothalamus-pituitary axis / James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- 4. The thyroid gland / James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- 5. The adrenal glands / James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- 6. The gonads / James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- Pt. II. Toxicology and risk assessment
- Introduction to part II / Ernest E. Smith, James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- 7. Introduction to the science of toxicology / Richard L. Dickerson and Ernest E. Smith
- 8. Probabilistic risk assessment / Kenneth R. Dixon and Clyde F. Martin
- 9. Fish and wildlife as sentinels of environmental contamination / Lynn Frame and Richard L. Dickerson
- Pt. III. Representative EDCs in animals
- Introduction to part III / James A. Carr and David O. Norris
- 10. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins : potential mechanisms and risk as endocrine disruptors / Mary K. Walker
- 11. Toxicology of PCBs and related compounds / John P. Giesy, K. Kannan, Alan L. Blankenship, Paul D. Jones and J. L. Newsted
- 12. DDT and its analogues : new insights into their endocrine-disrupting effects on wildlife / Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Stefan A. E. Kooks, Mark P. Gunderson and Dieldrich S. Bermudez
- 13. Heavy metals / Alice Hontela and Alexandra Lacroix
- 14. Effects of alkylphenolic compounds on wildlife / Werner Kloas
- 15. Endocrine-active phytochemicals : environmental signaling context and mechanisms / Alan M. Vajda and David O. Norris
- 16. Triazines / Timothy S. Gross and R. Heath Rauschenberger.
