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Endocrine-disrupting environmental chemicals: From accumulation to their role in the global "neuro-endocrine" epidemic of obesity and its metabolic consequences.

It is recently hypothesised that the disturbance of weight homeostasis leading to obesity in humans might at least partially be influenced by endocrine disrupting chemicals. This study particularly investigates the accumulation and role of older and new emerging endocrine disrupting chemicals in the pandemic of the 21st century called obesity. The effects are studied at molecular, cellular and organism level using in vitro and in vivo approaches, analytical techniques, cell culture, genomics, genetics and epidemiological data in humans.
Date:1 Jan 2009 →  31 Dec 2012
Keywords:ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION, OBESITY, GENETICS
Disciplines:Sustainable chemistry, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Environmental science and management, Endocrinology and metabolic diseases