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The estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) and obesity.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 6 May 2012
Vom Saal Frederick S, Nagel Susan C, Coe Benjamin L, Angle Brittany M, Taylor Julia A
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There is increasing experimental and epidemiological evidence that fetal programming of genetic systems is a contributing factor in the recent increase in adult obesity and other components of metabolic syndrome. In particular, there is evidence that epigenetic changes associated with the use of manmade chemicals may interact with other factors that influence fetal and postnatal growth in contributing to the...
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