ArticleFertility and sterility2008
Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility: executive summary.
Article in Fertility and sterility, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 154 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Influencing Factors of Behavior for Reducing Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Demand for Related Education.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Article
- Environmentally relevant mixtures of phthalates and phthalate metabolites differentially alter the cell cycle and apoptosis in mouse neonatal ovaries†.Biology of reproduction · 2021Article
- A screening questionnaire for occupational and hobby exposures during pregnancy.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- [Impact of lifestyle and environmental factors on male reproductive health].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018Review
- The Environment and Reproductive Health (EARTH) Study: A Prospective Preconception Cohort.Human reproduction open · 2018Article
- Environmental influences on reproductive health: the importance of chemical exposures.Fertility and sterility · 2016Review
- [Environmental factors and male fertility].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2016Review
- Sperm Aneuploidy in Faroese Men with Lifetime Exposure to Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p´-DDE) and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Pollutants.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Protective effect of grape seed extract against cadmium-induced testicular dysfunction.Molecular medicine reports · 2016Article
- Bisphenol-A and Female Infertility: A Possible Role of Gene-Environment Interactions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Review
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Abstract
The 2007 Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility convened scientists, health care professionals, community groups, political representatives, and the media to hear presentations on the impact of environmental contaminants on reproductive health and fertility, and to discuss opportunities to improve health through research, education, communication, and policy. Environmental reproductive health focuses on exposures to environmental contaminants, particularly during critical periods of development, and their potential effects on future reproductive health, including conception, fertility, pregnancy, adolescent development, and adult health. Approximately 87,000 chemical substances are registered for commercial use in the United States, with ubiquitous human exposures to environmental contaminants in air, water, food, and consumer products. Exposures during critical windows of susceptibility may result in adverse effects with lifelong and even intergenerational health impacts. Effects can include impaired development and function of the reproductive tract and permanently altered gene expression, leading to metabolic and hormonal disorders, reduced fertility and fecundity, and illnesses such as testicular, prostate, uterine, and cervical cancers later in life. This executive summary reviews effects of pre- and postnatal exposures on male and female reproductive health, and provides a series of recommendations for advancing the field in the areas of research, policy, health care, and community action.
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