Open AccessHormonally Active Agents in the Environment and Children’s Behavior: Assessing Effects on Children’s Gender-Dimorphic Outcomes
Author(s) -
David E. Sandberg,
John E. Vena,
John M. Weiner,
Gregory P. Beehler,
Mya Swanson,
Heino F. L. MeyerBahlburg
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000050706.59049.59
Subject(s) - sexual dimorphism , discriminant function analysis , psychology , femininity , developmental psychology , population , demography , offspring , masculinity , medicine , biology , pregnancy , endocrinology , machine learning , sociology , computer science , psychoanalysis , genetics
Early sex hormone exposure contributes to gender-dimorphic behavioral development in mammals, including humans. Environmental toxicants concentrated in contaminated sport fish can interfere with the actions of sex steroids.