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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.
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Examines the epidemiology and etiology of environmental toxicants, also known as hormone impostors, many of which act as reproductive toxicants that cause fertility problems. The 12 contributions address issues such as declining global fertility, rising incidences of breast and prostate cancer, and the wide variety of toxic affects that the synthetic chemicals exert on the gonads, fertility, and sexual and reproductive function. Individual topics include: how diethylstilbestrol and environmental estrogens influence the developing female reproductive system; dietary phytoestrogens; endocrine disrupters and male infertility; and the role of natural and man made estrogens in prostate development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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