Workshop to identify critical windows of exposure for children's health: Cardiovascular and endocrine work group summary

Authors
Barr, M DeSesso, JM Lau, CS Osmond, C Ozanne, SE Sadler, TW Simmons, RA Sonawane, BR
Citation
M. Barr et al., Workshop to identify critical windows of exposure for children's health: Cardiovascular and endocrine work group summary, ENVIR H PER, 108, 2000, pp. 569-571
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
ISSN journal
00916765 → ACNP
Volume
108
Year of publication
2000
Supplement
3
Pages
569 - 571
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-6765(200006)108:<569:WTICWO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The work group on cardiovascular and endocrine effects was asked to review the current state of knowledge about children's windows of vulnerability to developmental toxicants and to recommend how that information may be used to improve risk assessment and public health. We considered differences bet ween structural defects, where periods of vulnerability are rather well def ined, and functional defects, where periods of vulnerability are quite elus ive.