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Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems
Endocrine Disruptors
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Endocrine Disruptors book
Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems
Edited ByRajesh K. Naz
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2004
eBook Published 29 November 2004
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 464
eBook ISBN 9780429126659
Subjects Bioscience, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
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Naz, R.K. (Ed.). (2004). Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems (2nd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420038866
ABSTRACT
There is great concern regarding the reproductive and health hazards of endocrine disruptors. Research indicates that men are experiencing declining fertility and an increased incidence of prostate cancer, while women are dealing with increased infertility, early menopause, and breast cancer. As new research reveals the previously unknown risks of
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|1 pages
Effect on the Female Reproductive System
chapter 1|43 pages
Disruption of Nongenomic Steroid Actions on Gametes and Serotonergic Pathways Controlling Reproductive Neuroendocrine Function by Environmental Chemicals
ByPeter Thomas, Izhar A. Khan
chapter 2|19 pages
Developmental and Reproductive Abnormalities Associated with Environmental Estrogens: Diethylstilbestrol (DES) as an Example
ByRetha R. Newbold, Wendy Jefferson
chapter 3|34 pages
Ovotoxic Environmental Chemicals: Indirect Endocrine Disruptors
ByPatrick J. Devine, Patricia B. Hoyer
chapter 4|33 pages
p, p′-DDE and HCB: Mechanisms of Toxicity to Fetal and Embryonic Mammalian Cells
ByMichael A. Edelbrock, Martha J. Fernstrom, Kandace J. Williams
chapter 6|41 pages
Estrogens, Xenoestrogens, and the Development of Neoplasms
ByA.M. Soto, C. Sonnenschein
chapter 7|31 pages
Molecular Mechanisms of Endocrine Disruption in Estrogen Dependent Processes
ByRobert M. Bigsby, Minerva Mercado-Feliciano, Josephine Mubiru
chapter 8|39 pages
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) and Related Environmental Antiestrogens:Characterization and Mechanism of Action
ByStephen H. Safe
part Section II|1 pages
Effect on the Male Reproductive System
chapter 9|22 pages
Endocrine Disruptors and Male Infertility
BySuresh C. Sikka, Muammer Kendirci, Rajesh Naz
chapter 10|31 pages
Environmental Androgens and Antiandrogens: An Expanding Chemical Universe
ByL. Earl Gray, Vickie Wilson, Tammy Stoker, Christy Lambright, Johnathan Furr, Nigel Noriega, Phillip Hartig, Mary Cardon, Mitch Rosen, Gerald Ankley, Andrew Hotchkiss, Edward F. Orlando, Louis J. Guillette, William R. Kelce
chapter 11|33 pages
Endocrine Disruptors and Male Sexual Dysfunction
BySuresh C. Sikka, Muammer Kendirci, Rajesh Naz
chapter 12|32 pages
Prostate Development: Mechanisms for Opposite Effects of Low and High Doses of Estrogenic Chemicals
ByCatherine A. Richter, Barry G. Timms, Frederick S. vom Saal
chapter 13|19 pages
Metal Ions as Endocrine Disruptors: Implications for Prostate Cancer
ByShuk-Mei Ho
