In this section we provide summaries of key papers dealing with endocrine modulation and its possible health effects.

Breast Cancer

Authors:
Francine Laden et al
Title:
1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene and polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer: combined analysis of five U.S. studies.
Publication:
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 93(10):768-776 (2001).
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Authors
M. Lopez-Cervantes, et al.
Title
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Burden and Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis of the Epidemiologic Evidence.
Publication:
Environmental Health Perspectives: 112:207-214, 2004.
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Early Puberty

Authors:
Marcia E. Hermann-Giddens, et al.,
Title:
Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: A study from the pediatric research in office settings network
Publication:
Pediatrics 99(4) 1997
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Prostate Cancer

Authors:
Sangeeta Sharna-Wagner, et al
Title:
Occupation and prostate cancer risk in Sweden
Publication:
Environmental Medicine 2000; 42(5):517-525.
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Sex Ratios

Authors:
Davis, D.L., Gottlieb,M.B., Stampnitzky,J.R.
Title:
Reduced ratio of male to female births in several industrial countries: A sentinel health indicator?
Publication:
JAMA 279:1018-1023 (1998)
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Author:
Henrik Møller
Title:
Trends in sex-ratio, testicular cancer and male reproductive hazards: Are they connected?
Publication:
APMIS 106:232-239. (1998)
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Male Reproductive Abnormalities

Author:
N.E. Skakkebaek et al
Title:
Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects
Publication:
Human Reproduction (5):972-978, Jul 2001
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General

Author:
C. Pelletier et al
Title:
Associations between weight loss-induced changes in plasma organochlorine concentrations, serum T3 concentration, and resting metabolic rate
Publication:
Toxicological Sciences (67):46-51, 2002.
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