Congenital Diseases and the Environment

Section 1. Methods

1. Endpoints for Prenatal Exposures in Toxicological Studies
A. Mantovani, F. Maranghi

2. Congenital Defects Or Adverse Developmental Effects In Vertebrate Wildlife: The Wildlife-Human Connection
Gwynne Lyons

3. Epidemiological Methods
A. Rosano, E. Robert-Gnansia

4. Eurocat: Surveillance of Environmental Impact
H. Dolk

5. Clinical Teratology
M. Clementi, E. Di Gianantonio

Section 2. Teratogens

6. Dioxins and Congenital Malformations
J.G. Koppe, M. Leijs, G. Ten Tusscher, P.D. Boer

7. Links Between in Utero Exposure to Pesticides and Effects on the Human Progeny does European Pesticide Policy Protect Health?
C. Wattiez

8. Association of Intra-Uterine Exposure to Drugs with Congenital Defects: The Thalidomide Effect
M. Clementi, K. Ludwig, A. Andrisani

Section 3. Congenital Diseases

9. Endocrine Disrupter Exposure and Male Congenital Malformations
M.F. Fernández, N. Olea

10. Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome as a Congenital Disease
H.E. Virtanen, J. Toppari

11. Endocrine Disrupters, Steroidogenesis and Inflammation
K. Svechnikov, V. Supornsilchai, I. Svechnikova, M. Strand, C. Zetterström, A. Wahlgren, O. Söder

12. Environmental Impact on Congenital Diseases: The Case of Cryptorchidism Where are we now, and Where are we Going?
P.F. Thonneau, E. Huyghe, R. Mieusset

13. Environmental Risk and Sex Ratio in Newborns
M. Peterka, Z. Likovsky, R. Peterkova

Section 4. Country Reports

14. Congenital Abnormalities in Greece: Functional Evaluation of Statistical Data 1981 – 1995
E. Brilakis, E. Fousteris, J. Papadopulos

15. Congenital Anomalies in Bulgaria
E. Terlemesian, S. Stoyanov

16. Congenital Anomalies in the British Isles
J. Rankin

17. European Union-Funded Research on Endocrine Disrupters and Underlying Policy
T. Karjalainen

Section 5. Conclusions

18. Environmental Impacts on Congenital Anomalies - Information for the Non-Expert Professional
L. Hens

DRM-restrictions

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Environmental Science SCI026000