Dear Colleague,

The following Special Issue will be published in the International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - IJERPH
(ISSN 1660-4601, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/), and is now
open to receive submissions of full research papers and comprehensive
review articles for peer-review and possible publication:

Special Issue: Endocrine Disruptors and Human Health
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/si/ijerph/endocrine_disruptors
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Karen Phillips
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2014


Dear Colleagues,

Exposure to endocrine disruptors or endocrine toxicants has been associated
with a range of adverse health effects in laboratory animals and wildlife.
"Endocrine disruption" refers to negative interference with the endocrine
system leading to extra-homeostatic fluctuations in hormone levels that may,
in turn, trigger adverse health outcomes. In humans potential adverse health
effects include infertility, abnormal prenatal and childhood development,
reproductive cancers along with emerging health concerns (e.g. obesity,
diabetes, metabolism disorders, abnormal neurodevelopment).

This special issue will focus on proposed molecular mechanisms by which
endocrine disruptors adversely affect human health. Drawing from
experimental, epidemiological and other data, articles which explore gene-
environment interactions, epigenetics, molecular signalling and receptor-ligand
interactions are particularly welcome. Similarly, articles describing biologically
plausible mechanisms by which endocrine disruptors may contribute to
emerging adverse human health effects are also encouraged.

Dr. Karen P. Phillips
Guest Editor


This Special Issue will be fully open access. We encourage authors
to send us their tentative title and short abstract to the Editorial Office
(ijerph@mdpi.com) for approval.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 May 2014

Manuscripts should be submitted through the online manuscript
submission and editorial system at:
http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/

Submitted papers should not have been published previously,
nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please
visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/instructions/

Article Processing Charges are 1400 CHF per accepted paper.
For details see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/

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We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Fabienne Fischer

On behalf of the Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Karen Phillips
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ottawa
43 Templeton Street
Room 215
Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada
Website: http://www.health.uottawa.ca/healthsciences/staff/kphillips.htm
E-Mail: karen.phillips@uottawa.ca