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Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 111, Number 12, September 2003
Environmental Health Perspectives September 2003 On the Cover. The relationship between maternal thyroid hormone and the developing fetus is a delicate balancing act. The Focus (p. A642) details the basics of thyroid function and mechanisms, and highlights new research seeking to illuminate how environmental exposures may perturb this critical balance.
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Perspectives


Editorial

    Thyroid Toxicology and Brain Development: Should We Think Differently?
    R. Thomas Zoeller
    p. A 628

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Correspondence

  • Cancer Risk to Naval Divers Questioned
  • Cancer Risk to Naval Divers: Response
  • Bisphenol A: Findings of a Multigenerational Rat Study

  • p. A 630

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Environews

Forum

  • UV Intensity May Affect Autoimmune Disorder
  • Not-So-Free Trade
  • Embarking on Better Health
  • Mosquito Mismanagement?
  • EHPnet: American Thyroid Association
  • The Beat
    p. A 634

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NIEHS News

  • NIEHS-Funded Research Pursues Thyroid Findings
  • U.S.-Korean Toxicology Partnership Launched
  • Olden to Relinquish Directorships
  • Sperm Abnormalities in Men Exposed to PCBs and PCDFs

  • p. A 638

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Focus

    Disrupting a Delicate Balance: Environmental Effects on the Thyroid
    p. A 642

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Spheres of Influence

    Finding Middle Ground: Environmental Conflict Resolution
    p. A 650

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Innovations

Science Selections
  • EDCs in Singapore Seawaters
  • The Simple Truth about MCS
  • A Downward Spiral?
    p. A 658

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Research


Commentaries

    Octachlorodipropyl Ether (S-2) Mosquito Coils Are Inadequately Studied for Residential Use in Asia and Illegal in the United States
    Krieger et al.
    p. 1439

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    Significant Issues Raised by Meta-analyses of Cancer Mortality and Dioxin Exposure
    Starr
    p. 1443

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Articles

    Clustering of Sex Hormone Disruptors in Singapore's Marine Environment
    Gong et al.
    p. 1448

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    Mosquito Coil Emissions and Health Implications
    Liu et al.
    p. 1454

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    Elevated Nitric Oxide/Peroxynitrite Theory of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Central Role of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptors in the Sensitivity Mechanism
    Pall et al.
    p. 1461

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    An Assessment of the Cord Blood:Maternal Blood Methylmercury Ratio: Implications for Risk Assessment
    Stern and Smith
    p. 1465

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    Metal Composition of Ambient PM2.5 Influences Severity of Allergic Airways Disease in Mice
    Gavett et al.
    p. 1471

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    Semen Quality in Relation to Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure
    Swan et al.
    p. 1478

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    Neuroendocrine Effects of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Rats
    Austin et al.
    p. 1485

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Environmental Medicine



Review


    A Review of a Two-Phase Population Study of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
    Caress and Steinemann
    p. 1490

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Articles


    Perceived Treatment Efficacy for Conventional and Alternative Therapies Reported by Persons with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    Gibson et al.
    p. 1498

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    The Relationship between Human Semen Parameters and Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and p,p´-DDE
    Hauser et al.
    p. 1505

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Children's Health



Articles


    The Relationship between Air Pollution from Heavy Traffic and Allergic Sensitization, Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness, and Respiratory Symptoms in Dutch Schoolchildren
    Janssen et al.
    p. 1512

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    Persistent Hematologic and Immunologic Disturbances in 8-Year-Old Dutch Children Associated with Perinatal Dioxin Exposure
    ten Tusscher et al.
    p. 1519

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    Workshop to Develop a Framework for Assessing Risks to Children from Exposure to Environmental Agents
    Olin and Sonawane
    p. 1524

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Mini-Monograph: Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay





    The OECD Program to Validate the Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay: An Overview
    Owens and Koëter
    p. 1527

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    The OECD Program to Validate the Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay. Phase 2: Dose-Response Studies
    Kanno et al.
    p. 1530

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    The OECD Program to Validate the Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay. Phase 2: Coded Single-Dose Studies
    Kanno et al.
    p. 1550

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    The OECD Program to Validate the Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay. Phase 2: Dietary Phytoestrogen Analyses
    Owens et al.
    p. 1559

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    The Intact Immature Rodent Uterotrophic Bioassay: Possible Effects on Assay Sensitivity of Vomeronasal Signals from Male Rodents and Strain Differences
    Ashby et al.
    p. 1568

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