Endocrine disrupting chemicals in food. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ian Shaw.
• Other Names: Shaw, Ian
• Contents: Part 1 Endocrine disruptors, health and behaviour: The effect of dietary endocrine disruptors on the developing fetus-- Human epidemiologic studies of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and altered hormone levels-- Epidemiological evidence on impaired reproductive function and cancer related to endocrine disrupting chemicals-- Nutritional phytoestrogens and bone health. Part 2 Origin and analysis of endocrine disruptors in food products: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: origins, fates and transmission into the food chain-- Surveillance of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in foods-- Advances in chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry-related techniques for analysis of endocrine disruptors in food-- Biosensors for endocrine disruptors. Part 3 Risk assessment of endocrine disruptors in food products: Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food-- Bioassays for the detection of hormonal activities-- Genetics, epigenetics and genomic technologies: importance and application to the study of endocrine disrupting chemicals-- Computer-aided methodologies to predict endocrine-disrupting potency of chemicals-- Endocrine disruptors in breast milk and the health-related issues of breastfeeding-- Assessing the risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Part 4 Examples of endocrine-disrupting chemicals associated with food and other consumer products: Dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants-- Bisphenol A-- Phytoestrogens and phytosterols-- Pharmaceuticals-- Endocrin-active Ultraviolet filters and cosmetics-- Mechanisms of action of particular endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (608 pages)
• Subjects: 664.0015; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Food -- Analysis; Endocrine toxicology; Food contamination; Endocrine Disruptors; Food Analysis; Food Contamination; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Endocrine toxicology; Food -- Analysis; Food contamination; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845695743; 1845695747
• Related ISBNs: 9781845692186; 1845692187; 9781420074352; 1420074350
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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