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endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- Subject Category
- W Physical and Chemical Sciences
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/226.rdf
- Scope Note
- Use for external agents (e.g., pollutants, pesticides, contaminants) that interfere with the role of natural hormones in nontarget organisms; For external agents where hormone disruption is desirable (e.g., targeted insect control or suppression of reproduction cycles in domestic animals) USE hormone antagonists.
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/226
- Used For
- endocrine-disrupting agents
- endocrine-disrupting compounds
- endocrine active chemicals
- endocrine disrupters
- endocrine disrupting chemicals
- endocrine disruptors
- Broader Term
- technical chemicals
- Related Term
- alkylphenols
- hormone antagonists
- hormones
- pesticides
- pollutants
- Spanish
- disruptores endocrinos
- Term Number
- 226