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Endocrine disrupters [[electronic resource] ] : hazard testing and assessment methods / / edited by Peter Matthiessen
| Endocrine disrupters [[electronic resource] ] : hazard testing and assessment methods / / edited by Peter Matthiessen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.3/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatthiessenPeter |
| Soggetto topico |
Endocrine disrupting chemicals - Toxicity testing
Endocrine disrupting chemicals - Environmental aspects Endocrine toxicology |
| ISBN |
1-118-35596-2
1-299-24236-7 1-118-35594-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI013060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1 Ecotoxicity Test Methods for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals : AN INTRODUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 REGULATORY CONCERNS; 1.3 INVERTEBRATES; 1.4 VERTEBRATES; 1.5 TESTING SCHEMES FOR EDCs; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 2 Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife : BACKGROUND, EFFECTS, AND IMPLICATIONS; 2.1 BACKGROUND TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; 2.1.1 Introduction; 2.1.2 Brief Account of the History of Endocrine Disruption; 2.1.3 What Are Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals?; 2.1.4 Vertebrate Endocrine System; 2.1.5 Invertebrate Endocrine System
2.1.6 Mechanisms of Endocrine Disruption2.1.7 Endocrine Disrupters in the Environment; 2.2 EFFECTS OF EDCs ON WILDLIFE; 2.2.1 Mammals; 2.2.2 Birds; 2.2.3 Reptiles and Amphibians; 2.2.4 Fish; 2.2.5 Invertebrates; 2.3 WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ED EFFECTS; 2.4 IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECT ASSESSMENT AND TOXICITY TESTING; 2.5 NEED FOR MORE FIELD STUDIES AND AN INTEGRATED APPROACH; 2.6 CONCLUDING POINTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 The Regulatory Need for Tests to Detect EDCs and Assess Their Hazards to Wildlife 3.1 EMERGING CONCERNS AND POLICY RESPONSES: FOCUSING ON EDCs AS A LARGE PSEUDO-UNIFORM GROUP OF SUBSTANCES3.1.1 Regulatory Action Among Public Concern, Policy, Stakeholder Interests, and Scientific Complexity: The Starting Point; 3.1.2 Policy Responses to the Initial General Concern: General Strategies; 3.2 GENERAL APPROACHES IN SUBSTANCE-RELATED REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS (EU); 3.2.1 Highlighted Role of ED Properties in General Parts of Regulatory Frameworks; 3.2.2 REACH: Authorization in Cases of "Very High Concern" 3.2.3 Plant Protection Products: Major Change from Directive 91/414 to New Regulation 1107/20093.2.4 Biocides; 3.2.5 Pharmaceuticals; 3.2.6 Other Regulatory Frameworks Not Primarily Related to Substances; 3.3 HOW TO MAKE EDC DEFINITIONS OPERATIONAL FOR SUBSTANCE-RELATED REGULATORY WORK; 3.4 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 Techniques for Measuring Endocrine Disruption in Insects; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.1.1 Insects; 4.1.2 Insect Hormones; 4.1.3 Endocrine Disruption and Insects; 4.1.4 Development of Insecticides Targeting the Endocrine System; 4.2 METHODS 4.2.1 Mechanistic Assays4.2.2 Apical Assays; 4.3 DISCUSSION; 4.3.1 Mechanism and Effect; 4.3.2 Exposure Considerations; 4.4 CONCLUSION; 4.5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 Crustaceans; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BACKGROUND TO CRUSTACEAN ENDOCRINOLOGY; 5.2.1 General; 5.2.2 Overview of the Crustacean Endocrine System; 5.3 STATE OF THE ART: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION IN CRUSTACEANS?; 5.3.1 General; 5.3.2 Daphnia sp.; 5.3.3 Barnacles; 5.3.4 Copepods; 5.3.5 Amphipods; 5.3.6 Mysids; 5.3.7 Other Studies Using Larger Crustaceans 5.4 AVAILABLE SUBCHRONIC/CHRONIC STANDARD TEST PROTOCOLS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141610703321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endocrine disrupters [[electronic resource] ] : hazard testing and assessment methods / / edited by Peter Matthiessen
| Endocrine disrupters [[electronic resource] ] : hazard testing and assessment methods / / edited by Peter Matthiessen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.3/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatthiessenPeter |
| Soggetto topico |
Endocrine disrupting chemicals - Toxicity testing
Endocrine disrupting chemicals - Environmental aspects Endocrine toxicology |
| ISBN |
1-118-35596-2
1-299-24236-7 1-118-35594-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI013060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1 Ecotoxicity Test Methods for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals : AN INTRODUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 REGULATORY CONCERNS; 1.3 INVERTEBRATES; 1.4 VERTEBRATES; 1.5 TESTING SCHEMES FOR EDCs; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 2 Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife : BACKGROUND, EFFECTS, AND IMPLICATIONS; 2.1 BACKGROUND TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; 2.1.1 Introduction; 2.1.2 Brief Account of the History of Endocrine Disruption; 2.1.3 What Are Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals?; 2.1.4 Vertebrate Endocrine System; 2.1.5 Invertebrate Endocrine System
2.1.6 Mechanisms of Endocrine Disruption2.1.7 Endocrine Disrupters in the Environment; 2.2 EFFECTS OF EDCs ON WILDLIFE; 2.2.1 Mammals; 2.2.2 Birds; 2.2.3 Reptiles and Amphibians; 2.2.4 Fish; 2.2.5 Invertebrates; 2.3 WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ED EFFECTS; 2.4 IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECT ASSESSMENT AND TOXICITY TESTING; 2.5 NEED FOR MORE FIELD STUDIES AND AN INTEGRATED APPROACH; 2.6 CONCLUDING POINTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 The Regulatory Need for Tests to Detect EDCs and Assess Their Hazards to Wildlife 3.1 EMERGING CONCERNS AND POLICY RESPONSES: FOCUSING ON EDCs AS A LARGE PSEUDO-UNIFORM GROUP OF SUBSTANCES3.1.1 Regulatory Action Among Public Concern, Policy, Stakeholder Interests, and Scientific Complexity: The Starting Point; 3.1.2 Policy Responses to the Initial General Concern: General Strategies; 3.2 GENERAL APPROACHES IN SUBSTANCE-RELATED REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS (EU); 3.2.1 Highlighted Role of ED Properties in General Parts of Regulatory Frameworks; 3.2.2 REACH: Authorization in Cases of "Very High Concern" 3.2.3 Plant Protection Products: Major Change from Directive 91/414 to New Regulation 1107/20093.2.4 Biocides; 3.2.5 Pharmaceuticals; 3.2.6 Other Regulatory Frameworks Not Primarily Related to Substances; 3.3 HOW TO MAKE EDC DEFINITIONS OPERATIONAL FOR SUBSTANCE-RELATED REGULATORY WORK; 3.4 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 Techniques for Measuring Endocrine Disruption in Insects; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.1.1 Insects; 4.1.2 Insect Hormones; 4.1.3 Endocrine Disruption and Insects; 4.1.4 Development of Insecticides Targeting the Endocrine System; 4.2 METHODS 4.2.1 Mechanistic Assays4.2.2 Apical Assays; 4.3 DISCUSSION; 4.3.1 Mechanism and Effect; 4.3.2 Exposure Considerations; 4.4 CONCLUSION; 4.5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 Crustaceans; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BACKGROUND TO CRUSTACEAN ENDOCRINOLOGY; 5.2.1 General; 5.2.2 Overview of the Crustacean Endocrine System; 5.3 STATE OF THE ART: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION IN CRUSTACEANS?; 5.3.1 General; 5.3.2 Daphnia sp.; 5.3.3 Barnacles; 5.3.4 Copepods; 5.3.5 Amphipods; 5.3.6 Mysids; 5.3.7 Other Studies Using Larger Crustaceans 5.4 AVAILABLE SUBCHRONIC/CHRONIC STANDARD TEST PROTOCOLS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809347503321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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