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

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

Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 19;22(2):933. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020933.

Authors

Maria E Street¹, Karine Audouze², Juliette Legler³, Hideko Sone⁴, Paola Palanza⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Paediatrics, Department of Mother and Child-AUSL of Reggio Emilia-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
² INSERM UMR S1124, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France.
³ Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁴ Environmental Health and Prevention Research Unit, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Yokohama 245-0066, Japan.
⁵ Unit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy.

Abstract

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) [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity*
Endocrine System / drug effects*
Environmental Exposure / prevention & control
Environmental Monitoring*
Environmental Pollutants / toxicity*
Humans

Substances

Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental Pollutants