Open AccessHormone Disruption by PBDEs in Adult Male Sport Fish Consumers
Author(s) -
Mary Turyk,
Victoria Persky,
Pamela Imm,
Lynda Knobeloch,
Robert T. Chatterton,
Henry A. Anderson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.11707
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , hormone , biology , zoology , physiology , fishery , endocrinology
Persistent pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), affect endocrine function. Human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are similar in structure to PCBs, has increased recently, but health effects have not been well studied.
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