Detoxification
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2 Statement from the work session on environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Neural, endocrine and behavioral effects. Erice, Sicily: November 1995. URL: http://www.pmac.net/erice.htm (accessed 05.08.06).
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Further reading
Souder, W. August, 2006. It’s not easy being green: Are weed-killers turning frogs into hermaprodites? Harper’s Magazine. URL (subscription required): http://www.harpers.org/ItsNotEasyBeingGreen.html (accessed 08.28.2006)
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities: http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/
On the pathophysiology of the endocrine system: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/index.html
http://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/dept/Arts-Sciences/bio/anat/endocr.html
On the endocrine system: http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookENDOCR.html
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/ Bio%20102/Bio%20102%20lectures/Endocrine%20System/endocrin.htm
On adipose tissue: http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/misc_topics/brownfat.html
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_5_71/ai_n13681146
Get to know your endocrine system: http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?PageType=Article&ID=273
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