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Oxford Series in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Losing Our Minds: Effects of Chemical Pollution on the Intellectual Capacity and Mental Health of Future Generations
by Professor Barbara Demeneix
Digital, 313 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-991752-5, ISBN: 0-19-991752-3
"The group of Kevin Crofton in the United States carried out pioneering work on
PBDEs, treating weanling rats for just 4 days to different commercial mixtures and
saw up to 80% reductions in circulating T4 levels (Zhou, Ross, DeVito, & Crofton,
2001). The increased hepatic metabolism could be due to displacement of T4
from its principal distributor proteins, transthyretin (TTR) and thyroxine-binding
globulin (TBG), an interaction th ..."
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