Endocrine disruptors in the environment /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Khetan, Sushil K.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]
• Θέματα: Endocrine disrupting chemicals > Environmental aspects.; Endocrine disrupting chemicals > Toxicity testing.; Endocrine toxicology.; Endocrine Disruptors > toxicity.; Endocrine Disruptors > pharmacology.; Environmental Pollutants > toxicity.; Environmental Pollution.; MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.; MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.; MEDICAL > Public Health.; Electronic books.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.