The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the Human Health: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Xenobiotics (ISSN 2039-4713). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Chemicals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
2. FCS—UBI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilha, Portugal
Interests: endocrine disruptors; human exposome; pregnancy exposome; phthalates; flame retardants; UVB-filters; bisphenols; cardiovascular endocrinology; fetoplacental vasculature; vascular smooth muscle cells; neurovascular unit; hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; hypothyroidism; calcium and potassium channels; sex hormones; patch clamp
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Humans are continually exposed to various environmental contaminants known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which can lead to adverse effects on human health. Exposure to these EDCs represents a global concern due to their adverse effects on the human endocrine system. Moreover, the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which EDCs interact with hormonal action are complex and difficult to understand. For this reason, improving our knowledge of these mechanisms is one of the key current challenges in endocrine research.
This Special Issue will focus on advances in understanding emerging contaminants’ role in human health, with the aim of providing an integrative, novel, and transdisciplinary approach to evaluating actual human exposure to EDCs and contributing to the prevention and treatment of diseases. The theme is multidisciplinary, so I invite you to submit original research and review articles across the following non-exhaustive list of topics:
- Environmental health;
- Risk assessments;
- Health impact assessments;
- Endocrine-disrupting chemicals;
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms;
- In vitro studies;
- Translational research;
- Molecular docking.
Dr. Elisa Cairrao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endocrine disruption
- risk assessment
- human exposome
- emerging compounds
- adverse outcome pathways
- animal translational studies
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