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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Endocrine Disruptors
Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Endocrine Disruptors

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Endocrine Disruptors  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chemical, Endocrine Disrupting
  • Chemicals, Endocrine Disrupting
  • Disrupting Chemical, Endocrine
  • Disruptor, Endocrine
  • Endocrine Disrupting Chemical
  • Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Endocrine Disruptor

Note

  • note entry term ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR EFFECT: use only for the endocrine disruptor effect of a chemical substance

Scope note

  • Exogenous agents, synthetic and naturally occurring, which are capable of disrupting the functions of the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM including the maintenance of HOMEOSTASIS and the regulation of developmental processes. Endocrine disruptors are compounds that can mimic HORMONES, or enhance or block the binding of hormones to their receptors, or otherwise lead to activating or inhibiting the endocrine signaling pathways and hormone metabolism.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052244

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