Table of Contents

Part I. Vertebrate Chemical Regulation
1.: David O. Norris and James A. Carr: Introduction to Endocrinology
2.: Miles Orchinik and Catherine Propper: Hormone Action on Receptors
3.: James A. Carr and David O. Norris: The Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis
4.: James A. Carr and David O. Norris: The Thyroid Gland
5.: James A. Carr and David O. Norris: The Adrenal Glands
6.: James A. Carr and David O. Norris: The Gonads
Part II. Toxicology and Risk Assessment
7.: Richard L. Dickerson and Ernest E. Smith: Introduction to the Science of Toxicology
8.: Kenneth R. Dixon and Clyde F. Martin: Probablistic Risk Assessment
9.: Lynn Frame and Richard L. Dickerson: Fish and Wildlife as Sentinels of Environmental Contamination
Part III. Representative EDCs in Animals
10.: Mary K. Walker: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Potential Mechanisms and Risk as Endocrine Disruptors
11.: John P. Giesy, K. Kannan, Alan L. Blankenship, Paul D. Jones, and J.L. Newsted: Toxicology of PDBs and Related Compounds
12.: Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Stefan A.E. Kools, Mark P. Gunderson, and Dieldrich S. Bermudez: DDT and Its Analogues: New Insights into Their Endocrine-Disrupting Effects on Wildlife
13.: Alice Hontela and Alexandra Lacroix: Heavy Metals
14.: Werner Kloas: Effects of Alkyphenolic Compounds on Wildlife
15.: Alan M. Vajda and David O. Norris: Endocrine-Active Phytochemicals: Environmental Signaling Context and Mechanisms
16.: Timothy S. Gross and R. Heath Rauschenberger: Triazines
Appendices