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Taylor & Francis Endocrine Disruptors Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems 1999 Edition by Rajesh K. Naz
Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems examines the epidemiology and etiology of environmental toxicants/hormone imposters, many of which act as reproductive toxicants that cause fertility problems and carcinogenic hazards. Thus far, over fifty such hormone imposters/persistent organic pollutants have been identified, the most common of which are organochlorines and dioxins. This book discusses the hazardous effects of endocrine disruptors on gonads, fertility, and sexual and reproductive function, and health hazards leading to the alarming decline in global fertility and rising incidences of breast and prostate cancer. Table of Contents : Effect on Female Reproductive SystemNontraditional Sites of Endocrine Disruption by Chemicals on the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis: Interactions with Steroid Membrane Receptors, Monoaminergic Pathways and Signal Transduction Systems, P. Thomas Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and Environmental Estrogens Influences the Developing Female Reproductive System, R.R. NewboldOvotoxic Environmental Chemicals: Indirect Endocrine Disruptors, P.B. Hoyer Dietary Phytoestrogens, H.B. Patisaul and P.L. WhittenEstrogens, Xenoestrogens, and the Development of Neoplasms, A.M. Soto and C. Sonnenschein Differential Regulation of Gene Expression by Estrogenic Ligands: A Potential Basis for the Toxicity of Environmental Estrogens, S.M. Hyder, J.L. Kirkland, D.S. Loose-Mitchell, S. Makela, and G.M. Stancel 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and Related Environmental Antiestrogens: Characterization and Mechanism of Action, S.H. SafeEffect on Male Reproductive SystemEndocrine Disruptors and Male Infertility, S.C. Sikka and R.K. NazEnvironmental Antiandrogens as Endocrine Disrupters, W.R. Kelce and L. E. Gray, Jr.Endocrine Disruptors and Sexual Dysfunction, S.C. Sikka and R.K. NazThe Role of Natural and Manmade Estrogens in Prostate Development, F.S. vom Saal and B.G. TimmsMetal Ions and Prostate Cancer, S.-M. Ho