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Subject: EM-COM
Question: I am a student in the Environmental Sciences Program at UBC and we are currently putting together mock research proposals. I have decided to focus on determining the Endocrine Disrupter content of Vancouver sewage water and the prevalence in the local coastal ecosystems. I was wondering if you could direct me to some information about detection methods for Endocrine Receptors, to a list of identified Endocrine Receptors or any other information you think is relevant to my project. Thanks for your time,.
Meaghan, Canada
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Subject: EM-COM
Question: I would like to know whether ADH and aldosterone are the same hormone? Brigitte, Canada
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Subject: EM-COM
Question: Is melatonin taken to aid sleep an "endocrine disruptor"?
S
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Question: Do dioxins have adverse health effects on endocrine modulation? If so, how do the effects vary if the individual was exposed prenatally, postnatally, or during development up to puberty?
Brian, Tufts University
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Subject: chemical/hormones in blood
Question: Can you tell me what chemical or hormone in the blood determines pregnancy when a woman is tested? I need this information for a novel I'm writing.
Thank you,
Edwina
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Question: When were health concerns for hormone disrupters first realized?
Chelsea, Australia
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Subject: EMCOM Queries
Question: I am a medical student in Greece (6th year of studies) and I am writing a report on EDC'S. I would like to ask if there is any specific group that is mostly exposed in EDC'S so as to make a screening test. Thank you at advance for your help.
Elina, Greece
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Subject: EM-COM Queries
Question: I have a question don't really know if it relates to this study in any way, but I want to know what are the chemical process and changes that occur when estrogen is burned?
Rhaeyn
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Subject: Need information
Question: To whom it may concern, I am a student of Brackenfeel High and am requesting any information (symptoms, required tests, fake results and diagnosis) you might be able to give me on any hormonally related diseases. It would be greatly appreciated.
Colyn, South Africa
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Question: I have a question about the hormonal dependence of the development of secondary sexual characteristics. At puberty, what are the different mechanisms and the hormones involved with such sexual differentiation, specifically in men?
Hélène
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Subject : EMCOM Queries
Question: Hello, I am preparing a paper on the colour changes in animals and would like some information on which colour changes are hormone dependent. Thanks in advance,
Antonin
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