Sentences with phrase «endocrine effects»
"Endocrine effects" refer to the impact or changes that occur within the endocrine system of an organism. The endocrine system consists of glands that produce hormones, which regulate various functions in the body. So, when we talk about endocrine effects, we are discussing the consequences or influences on the hormonal system. These effects can include alterations in hormone production, release, or activity, which can then influence different processes in the body. Full definition
Frederick vom Saal publishes a study alleging endocrine effects of BPA at very low doses, giving rise to the still - unproven hypothesis known as the «low - dose hypothesis.»
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Tulane University publishes a paper alleging endocrine effects of combined exposures to low levels of pesticides.
Catechol estrogens have potent endocrine effects and, because of their normal occurrence in the hypothalamic - pituitary axis, they have an important role in neuroendocrine regulation.
Acute and chronic endocrine effects of noise: Review of the research conducted at the Institute for Water, Soil and Air Hygiene Ising, H.; and Braun, C.
Endocrine effects of repeated sauna bathing.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, PCBs have «adverse reproductive, developmental, and endocrine effects.»
Nordeen and colleagues show that luteolin blocks some of the endocrine effects of the hormone progesterone.
These muscle - secreted factors have autocrine, paracrine and endocrine effects, explaining how muscles regulate metabolic homeostasis in other tissues.
As EDSTAC worked to develop a scientific screening program to guide regulatory decisions on the endocrine effects of chemicals, the US government released its first requests for applications for EDC research.
Examples include the Strom study (funded by the Infant Formula Council) that declared soy formulas «safe» in a great media blast but did not look at thyroid problems or asthma and whose data actually indicated reproductive problems; or the Klein literature study (carried out at a DuPont Children's Hospital; DuPont owns Protein Technologies, a manufacturer of soy protein isolate) which declared that there is no evidence in the literature of endocrine effects.
Klein says that medical literature provides «no evidence of endocrine effects..
Dermatological, developmental, neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular, immunological, and endocrine effects are also evident» well into adulthood.