Endocrine Disruption : Biological Bases for Health Effects in Wildlife and Humans

Part I. Vertebrate Chemical Regulation
1. Introduction to Endocrinology, David O. Norris and James A. Carr
2. Hormone Action on Receptors, Miles Orchinik and Catherine Propper
3. The Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis, James A. Carr and David O. Norris
4. The Thyroid Gland, James A. Carr and David O. Norris
5. The Adrenal Glands, James A. Carr and David O. Norris
6. The Gonads, James A. Carr and David O. Norris
Part II. Toxicology and Risk Assessment
7. Introduction to the Science of Toxicology, Richard L. Dickerson and Ernest E. Smith
8. Probablistic Risk Assessment, Kenneth R. Dixon and Clyde F. Martin
9. Fish and Wildlife as Sentinels of Environmental Contamination, Lynn Frame and Richard L. Dickerson
Part III. Representative EDCs in Animals
10. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Potential Mechanisms and Risk as Endocrine Disruptors, Mary K. Walker
11. Toxicology of PDBs and Related Compounds, John P. Giesy, K. Kannan, Alan L. Blankenship, Paul D. Jones, and J.L. Newsted
12. DDT and Its Analogues: New Insights into Their Endocrine-Disrupting Effects on Wildlife, Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Stefan A.E. Kools, Mark P. Gunderson, and Dieldrich S. Bermudez
13. Heavy Metals, Alice Hontela and Alexandra Lacroix
14. Effects of Alkyphenolic Compounds on Wildlife, Werner Kloas
15. Endocrine-Active Phytochemicals: Environmental Signaling Context and Mechanisms, Alan M. Vajda and David O. Norris
16. Triazines, Timothy S. Gross and R. Heath Rauschenberger
Appendices

Keywords: MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism MED027000