Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012 - World Health Organization

Contents
Preface
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1. Introduction 1
2. Key concerns 2
3. Endocrine systems and endocrine disruption 4
4. Endocrine disruptors and human health 7
5. Why should we be concerned?—Human disease trends 8
6. Endocrine disruptors and wildlife health 10
7. Why should we be concerned?—Population effects in wildlife 11
8. Sensitive periods for endocrine disruptor action—Windows of exposure 12
9. Occurrence of and exposures to endocrine disruptors 14
10. The tip of the iceberg 18
11. Testing for EDCs 19
12. Lessons from the past 20
13. Main conclusions and advances in knowledge since 2002 22
14. Concluding remarks 27
15. References 29
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