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Effects of the Environment upon Fetal Development: Concepts and Design

Author(s) -

Richard M. Hoar

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

biology of reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.366

H-Index - 180

eISSN - 1529-7268

pISSN - 0006-3363

DOI - 10.1095/biolreprod34.1.1

Subject(s) - biology , developmental toxicity , teratology , engineering ethics , computational biology , fetus , evolutionary biology , environmental ethics , genetics , pregnancy , engineering , philosophy

A brief description is presented on the known causes of development defects in humans. The definition of "teratogen" is expanded to include other aspects of developmental toxicity and the techniques used to assess environmental effects are discussed. A method for assessing human risk with a potential developmental toxin is presented and some of the frustrations confronting developmental toxicologists are outlined.

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