title: When environmental chemicals act like uncontrolled medicine.
abstract: In the same way as medicines are delivered to produce effects in the endocrine system, environmental chemicals can be similarly delivered to produce unwanted endocrine effects, resulting in a staggering increase in several diseases. These effects on endocrine and other physiological systems can have significant population-level impacts and thus require public health approaches to disease control.
authors: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. birnbaumls@niehs.nih.gov
authors: Linda S
authors: LS
authors: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054750:Ecotoxicology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000633:toxicity*; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D019456:Health Transition; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D004785:Environmental Pollutants
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