Hormone-Disruptive Chemical Contaminants in Food
$508.12
- Hardcover
236 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2011
Summary
Today, we are surrounded by a multitude of different chemicals that are essential components of our everyday life. As a consequence, there are various hazardous substances like dioxins, phthalates and flame-retardants circulating in the environment. These have an impact on ecosystems, wildlife and possibly human health. In recent years, the phenomenon called endocrine disruption has raised considerable concern. This book discusses the scientific basis of this issue using epidemiological an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849731898 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849731896 |
| Author: | Linda Bergander, Ingemar Pongratz, Emilio Benfenati |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Imprint: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 236 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 527g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Issues in Toxicology |
About The Author
Linda Bergander
Ingemar Pongratz gained his PhD in 1996 and is now a Researcher/PI at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. He is Vice coordinator of the EU funded Network of Excellence (NoE) CASCADE, which gathers more than 200 European scientists working on risk assessment and research on endocrine-disruptive chemicals (EDCs) in food. He is Coordinator of SME-RECEPTOR, an Industry-Academia exchange programme and CASCADE-FELLOW, an international post-doctoral programme. Dr Pongratz is author of 32 scientific manuscripts including several invited review articles and co-editor of several book chapters. The scientific focus of Dr Pongratz is to characterize the crosstalk mechanisms between the AhR and ARNT transcription factors and nuclear receptors in particular the estrogen receptors ER? and ER? or LXRs (LXR? and LXR?). Linda Vikstr÷m Bergander is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet and gained her PhD in Toxicological Genetics in 2005 from the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University. Dr Bergander is author of 8 scientific manuscripts and her scientific focus is to study nuclear receptor signaling pathways especially novel ligands for the Aryl hydrocarbon receptor and their impact on transcriptional regulation. She has an extensive interdisciplinary background with knowledge in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, toxicology and analytical chemistry with a thorough knowledge in xenobiotic metabolism.
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