Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Current Understanding, New Testing Strategies and Future Research Needs

Maria E. Street; Karine Audouze; Juliette Legler; Hideko Sone; Paola Palanza

doi:10.3390/ijms22020933

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Jan 2021)

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Current Understanding, New Testing Strategies and Future Research Needs

Maria E. Street,
Karine Audouze,
Juliette Legler,
Hideko Sone,
Paola Palanza

Affiliations

Maria E. Street: Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Paediatrics, Department of Mother and Child-AUSL of Reggio Emilia-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
Karine Audouze: INSERM UMR S1124, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
Juliette Legler: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hideko Sone: Environmental Health and Prevention Research Unit, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Yokohama 245-0066, Japan
Paola Palanza: Unit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020933
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 2
p. 933

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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals which can disrupt any action of the endocrine system, and are an important class of substances which play a role in the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) [...]

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Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN: 1661-6596 (Print); 1422-0067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General); Science: Chemistry
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