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A Risk Assessment Perspective on the Neurobehavioral Toxicity of Endocrine Disruptors (1998, abstract)
Abstract of a study by B. Weiss published in the January 1998 issue of the journal Toxicology & Industrial Health.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;9460185
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An Approach to Assessment of Endocrine Disruption in the National Children's Study (2003)
This full-text article by MP Longnecker et al. of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (U.S.) is published in the October 2003 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5800/5800.html
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An Epistemological Inquiry into the Endocrine Disruptor Thesis (2001, abstract)
Abstract from an article by Sheldon Krimsky published in the December 2001 issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/content/abstract/948/1/130?
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An Updated Review of Environmental Estrogen and Androgen Mimics and Antagonists (1998, abstract)
Abstract of a major review by Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto published in the April-June 1998 issue of The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;9699867
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Animal Models and Studies of In Utero Endocrine Disruptor Effects (2004, abstract)
Abstract of a study by JG Vandenbergh published in the January 2004 issue of ILAR Journal.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;15454682
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Are EDCs Blurring Issues of Gender? by Ernie Hood (Oct 2005)
An article by Ernie Hood published in the October 2005 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, this review places research from the DES Sons network into a broader investigative context.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/113-10/focus-abs.html
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Assessing the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors in the National Children's Study (2003)
Full-text article by Philip Landrigan, Anjali Garg, and Daniel B.J. Droller of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, published in the October 2003 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5799/5799.html
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CREDO: Cluster of Research into Endocrine Disruption in Europe
The CREDO website maintains updates on the progress of European research studies focusing on the effects of endocrine disruptors on human and environmental health.
http://www.credocluster.info/
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Changes in Male Reproductive Health and Effects of Endocrine Disruptors in Scandinavian Countries (2002)
Full-text edition of a study by Jorma Toppari, Anne-Maarit Haavisto, and Markku Alanen published in the March/April 2002 issue of the Brazilian journal Cadernos de Saúde Pública (English-language version).
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2002000200005
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Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and Humans (1993)
Full-text edition of a major study by Theo Colborn, Frederick S. vom Saal, & Ana M. Soto published in the October 1993 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/1993/101-5/colborn-full.html
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Developmental Toxicity of Endocrine Disruptors to Humans, from the Teratology Society (1999, pdf document)
A 1999 literature review that addresses the broad scope of effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals including DES, by Susan Barlow et al.
http://teratology.org/pubs/endocrine.pdf
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E.hormone: Endocrine Disruptor Research Updates
This site is provided by the Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) Tulane and Xavier Universities in New Orleans and is dedicated to helping others remain current with the "cutting edge of endocrine disruptor research."
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/default.html
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EMCom: Environmental Effects from Endocrine Disruptors (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada)
This website contains research and background information about possible human effects of endocrine disrupters. Based at the University of Ottawa, it is developed and directed by a group of faculty at six Canadian universities.
http://www.emcom.ca/
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Effects on Brain and Behavior Caused by Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disrupters with Estrogenic Effects (2002, reference)
Reference link for article by Sherry A. Ferguson published in the January/February 2002 issue of the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;11836066?
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Endocrine Disrupters and Human Health: Current Research will Establish Baseline Indices, by Paul T.C. Harrison (2001)
This is a reproduction of an editorial by Paul T.C. Harrison, published in the December 2001 issue of the British Medical Journal (Vol. 323).
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/EDs-Human-Health-BMJ8dec01.htm
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Endocrine Disrupters: The Need for a Refocused Vision (2003)
Full text editorial by Terri Damstra, Ph.D. of the World Health Organization's International Programme on Chemical Safety, published in the June 2003 issue of the journal Toxicological Sciences.
http://toxsci.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/74/2/231?
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Transsexualism, by Christine Johnson (2002)
Offers an investigation of studies linking exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and transsexualism. Includes references to research on the effects of DES exposure.
http://www.transadvocate.org/articles/edc1.htm
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Endocrine Disruptor Screening Website, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This site allows monitoring of U.S. environmental policy surrounding the continued environmental presence and long-term human effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (including DES).
http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/index.htm
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Endocrine Disruptors (An Overview and Selected References), 2003
An instructive website maintained by Paul Goettlich and including brief reference to DES, updated July 2003.
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/EDs-PWG-16jun01.htm
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Endocrine Disruptors Website
The Endocrine Disruptors Website is maintained by the European Commission with the goal of promoting current news and studies pertaining to Europe's understanding and regulation of endocrine disrupters.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/endocrine/index_en.htm
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Endocrine Disruptors and Brain Estrogen Receptors: the Current State of Behavioral, Neurochemical, and Molecular... (2001, abst)
Abstract of study by K Takahama and T Shirasaki published in the October 2001 issue of the Japanese journal Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;11769567
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Endocrine Disruptors and Children's Health
A fact sheet developed by the Center for Children's Health and the Environment at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
http://www.childenvironment.org/factsheets/endocrine_disruptors.htm
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Endocrine Disruptors and Sexually-Dimorphic Behaviors: A Question of Heads and Tails (1997, abstract)
Abstract of a study by B. Weiss published in the February 1997 issue of the journal Neurotoxicology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9291506
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Endocrine Disruptors and the Transgendered, by Christine Johnson (2002)
Christine's article is an extensive investigation into this subject, and is of significance to DES sons. An updated version has been published in Transhealth.com
http://www.transadvocate.org/articles/wfp1.htm
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Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male Fertility and Screening Tools for Their Assessment (2003, abstract)
Abstract of a Belgian study by F Eertmans, W Dhooge, S Stuyvaert, and F Comhaire published in the October 2003 issue of the journal Toxicology in Vitro.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;14599439?
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Endocrine Disruptors: From Wingspread to Environmental Developmental Biology (2002)
Abstract and full-text version of article by CM Markey, BS Rubin, AM Soto, and C Sonnenschein published in the December 2002 issue of The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;12650721?
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Endocrine Disruptors: Update on Xenoestrogens (2000, abstract)
Abstract of a German study by G. H. Degen and H. M. Bolt published in the September 2000 issue of the journal International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.
http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1432-1246&volume=73&issue=7&spage=433
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), from the Royal Society (2000, pdf document)
A report prepared in 2000 by the UK's Royal Society which examines the full scope and impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the environment.
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/files/statfiles/document-111.pdf
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Environment and Health: Endocrine Disruption and Potential Human Health Implications (2000)
This study by Gina M. Solomon and Ted Schettler was published in 2000 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and discusses the effects in humans and animals of exposure to DES and other environmental hormone system (endocrine) disruptors.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/11/1471
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Environmental Effects on Reproductive Health: The Endocrine Disruption Hypothesis
Article by Dore Hollander reproduced from the March/April 1997 issue of Family Planning Perspectives, this includes a section covering the effects of DES.
http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/2908297.html
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Environmental Endocrine Disrupters and Disorders of Sexual Differentiation (2002, abstract)
Abstract of a gudy by J Toppari which includes discussion of the effects of DES exposure, published in the journal Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, August 2002.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;12428210?
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Environmental Signaling: What Embryos and Evolution Teach Us About Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, by John McLachlan (2001)
Full text article by DES research specialist and Professor John McLachlan, published in the journal Endocrine Reviews, Vol. 3, 2001, and providing a wealth of research on the impact of DES and other endocrine disrupting chemicals.
http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/3/319
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Epidemiology, Biology, and Endocrine Disrupters (2003)
Full-text of an edidorial by P. Nelson published in the June 2003 issue of the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
http://oem.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/60/8/541?
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European Commission Strategy on Endocrine Disruption and Related Policy Documents
Prepared by the European Commission's Directorate General Research, this website enables continued monitoring of European research into effects of endocrine disruptors.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/endocrine/index_en.html
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Evaluating the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Endocrine Function During Development (1999)
This full-text article was published in the 1999 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 107, Supplement 4 (August 1999) by Dr. Robert Bigsby, et al., and discusses some of the potential implications of prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors and effects when estrogens, androgens, and thyroid hormones are disrupted. The study also proposes further research on the effects of DES.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/1999/suppl-4/613-618bigsby/bigsby-full.html
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Global Assessment of the State-of-the-Science of Endocrine Disruptors--World Health Organization (2002)
This report was developed by the WHO's International Programme on Chemical Safety and documents a substantial array of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) including DES, along with the effects to human health.
http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/new_issues/endocrine_disruptors/en/
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Global Endocrine Disruptor Research Inventory (GEDRI)
This is a jointly-sponsored effort to compile an ongoing inventory of research studies devoted to examining the effects of endocrine disruption. Last updated in 1998.
http://oaspub.epa.gov:80/endocrine/pack_edri.All_Page
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Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis
Book review published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 284, no. 18, November 2000) of Professor Sheldon Krimsky's 2000 book of the same title. This book is an essential source for DES-exposed persons, as it contains extensive discussion of the health effects of DES and the public policy debates associated with endocrine disruptors research findings.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/284/18/2380
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Hormone Disruptors: A Clue to Understanding the Environmental Causes of Disease, by Sheldon Krimsky
An article published in the magazine Environment, June 2001, by Professor Sheldon Krimsky, author of the book Hormonal Chaos, including discussion of the role of DES.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1076/5_43/75917476/print.jhtml
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Impact of Exposure to Endocrine Disrupters in Utero and in Childhood on Adult Reproduction (2002, abstract)
Abstract of an article by I Norgil Damgaard, KM Main, J Toppari, and NE Skakkebaek published in the June 2002 issue of Best Practices in Research on Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;12064894
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Introduction to Hormone Disrupting Chemicals (1999 update)
This is an educational website first developed in 1995 by Dr A. Michael Warhurst of the World Wildlife Federation, based in Brussels, Belgium.
http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst/index.html
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Large Effects from Small Exposures: I. Mechanisms for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals with Estrogenic Activity (2003)
Article by Wade V. Welshons, et al. published in the June 2003 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5494/5494.html
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Male Reproductive Disorders and the Role of Endocrine Disruption: Advances in Understanding and... (2003, abstract)
Abstract of a study by R. M. Sharpe and N. E. Skakkebaek published in the November 2003 issue of the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry.
http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/2003/7511/7511x2023.html
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Myths about endocrine disruption and the male reproductive system should not be propagated--letter to editor (2002)
This editorial letter to the editor is by researchers Kristina Thayer and Frederick S. vom Saal, published in the journal Human Reproduction in February 2002. Important reference relative to their observations of reproductive health effects in DES sons.
http://humrep.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/2/521?
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National Toxicology Program's Report of the Endocrine Disruptors Low Dose Peer Review (2001, pdf document)
Report produced in August 2001 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and the National Toxicology Program.
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/liason/LowDosePeerFinalRpt.pdf
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Neurotransmitters and the Control of Hypophyseal Gonadal Functions: Possible Implications of Endocrine Disruptors (1998, pdf document)
This paper was published by F. Piva and L. Martini of the University of Milano (Italy) Department of Endocrinology, in the journal Pure & Applied Chemistry, Vol. 70 (9), pp. 1647-1656, 1998, and discusses the potential effects of DES on humans.
http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/special/0998/pdfs/109.pdf
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On the Rumors about the Silent Spring: Review of the scientific evidence linking occupational and environmental... (2002)
Full-text version of a major critical study of endocrine disruptors by Pierluigi Cocco published in the March/April 2002 issue of the Brazilian journal Cadernos de Saúde Pública. (Full Text in English)
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2002000200003
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Our Stolen Future: Companion Website on the Science of Endocrine Disruptors
This website is devoted to preserving the efforts of the authors of Our Stolen Future (1996) to explore the "emerging science of endocrine disruption." It is continuously updated with the latest endocrine disruptors news, so DES network members should visit often.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/
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Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Effects on Behavioral Development (1999, abstract)
Abstract of an Italian study by P Palanza, F Morellini, S Parmigiani, and FS vom Saal published in the November 1999 issue of the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;10580314?
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Putative Effects of Endocrine Disrupters on Pubertal Development in the Human (2002, abstract only)
Abstract from an article by Grete Teilmann, Anders Juul, Niels E. Skakkebæk, & Jorma Toppari published in the March 2002 issue of Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;11987902?
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Research Needs for the Risk Assessment of Health and Environmental Effects of Endocrine Disruptors: A Report... (1996)
Full-text editition of a report by Robert J. Kavlock, et al., which includes focus on ongoing effects of DES exposure in humans. Published in the August 1996 edition of Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1996/Suppl-4/kavlock.html
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Scientific Facts on Endocrine Disruptors (2003)
This report, still undergoing review in fall 2003, is a summary of the International Programme on Chemical Safety (ICPS) report in 2002, Global Assessment of the state-of-the-science of Endocrine Disruptors, and includes key references to documented effects of DES.
http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/endocrine_disruptors/index.htm
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Sexual Differentiation and Environmental Endocrine Disrupters (1998, abstract)
Abstract of a study by J Toppari and NE Skakkebaek which includes focus on DES effects in males, published in the April 1998 issue of the journal Baillieres Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;9890066
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Sexual behavior in Japanese quail as a test end point for endocrine disruption:Effects of in ovo exposure...Diethylstilbestrol
Full-text study by Krister Halldin, Cecilia Berg, Ingvar Brandt, and Björn Brunström published in the November 1999 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1999/107p861-866halldin/halldin-full.html
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Sexually Dimorphic Nonreproductive Behaviors as Indicators of Endocrine Disruption (2002)
Full-text edition of an article by Bernard Weiss published in the June 2002 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/suppl-3/387-391weiss/weiss-full.html
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Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: an Effects Assessment and Analysis, Environmental Protection Agency (1997)
This report was produced in February 1997 under the auspices of EPA's Risk Assessment Forum.
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/WebPubs/endocrine/
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Statement from the Work Session on Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Neural, Endocrine, and Behavioral Effects
This statement was issued as a result of a 1995 meeting in Sicily of a multi-disciplinary group of international experts focusing on "Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Neural, Endocrine and Behavioral Effects". Updated edition was published in 1998 in the journal Toxicology and Industrial Health (Vol. 14, pp. 1-8) by E. Alleva et al.
http://www.pmac.net/erice.htm
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Summary of the National Toxicology Program's Report of the Endocrine Disruptors Low-dose Peer Review (2002)
Full-text version of a report authored by R Melnick et al. from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2002.
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/110p427-431melnick/melnick-full.html
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The Endocrine Disrupters: A Major Medical Challenge (2002, abstract)
Abstract of a review study by J. J. Amaral Mendes published in the June 2002 issue of the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;11983272
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The Possible Effects of Environmental Estrogen Disrupters on Reproductive Health (2000)
Abstract of a study which includes discussion of the effects of DES by H Fisch, G Hyun, and R Golden published in the December 2000 issue of the journal Current Urology Reports.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;12084301?
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Uncertainties for Endocrine Disrupters: Our View on Progress (2003)
Full-text forum article by George P. Daston, Jon C. Cook and Robert J. Kavlock, published in the May 2003 issue of the journal Toxicological Sciences.
http://toxsci.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/74/2/245?
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Xenoendocrine Disrupters: Laboratory Studies on Male Reproductive Effects (1998, abstract)
Abstract of a major study by LE Gray Jr published in the December 28, 1998 issue of the journal Toxicology Letters.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;10022274
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