ArticleFertility and sterility2013
Exposure to toxic environmental agents.
Article in Fertility and sterility, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Phenols, Parabens, Phthalates and Puberty: a Systematic Review of Synthetic Chemicals Commonly Found in Personal Care Products and Girls' Pubertal Development.Current environmental health reports · 2022Pooled it
- Unravelling the link between phthalate exposure and endometriosis in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2021Pooled it
- The unique effects of chronic exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and indoor radon on subcortical brain morphology in youth.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Invited Perspective: Toxic Metals and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Constitutive Androstane Receptor Agonist, TCPOBOP: Maternal Exposure Impairs the Growth and Development of Female Offspring in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Urinary Phenols in Early to Midpregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study in a Multiracial Cohort.Diabetes · 2022Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Chemical Exposure among a Population Sample of Reproductive-Aged Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and exposure to persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals in two European birth cohorts.Environmental advances · 2021Article
- Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals and early menarche in a population-based cohort of British girls.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021Article
- Assessment of environmental knowledge and needs among assisted reproductive technology professionals.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2020Article
- Endometriosis, endocrine disrupters, and epigenetics: an investigation into the complex interplay in women with polybrominated biphenyl exposure and endometriosis.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2020Article
- Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures During Pregnancy Using Silicone Wristbands.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- The Promises and Challenges of Toxico-Epigenomics: Environmental Chemicals and Their Impacts on the Epigenome.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- Environmental neglect: endocrine disruptors as underappreciated but potentially modifiable diabetes risk factors.Diabetologia · 2019Review
- Exploration of spatial patterns of congenital anomalies in Los Angeles County using the vital statistics birth master file.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2018Article
- Dramatic Decreases in US Abortion Rates: Public Health Achievement or Failure?American journal of public health · 2017Article
- The environmental injustice of beauty: framing chemical exposures from beauty products as a health disparities concern.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2017Article
- Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Reproductive Outcomes among Women Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization: Results from the EARTH Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
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Abstract
Reducing exposure to toxic environmental agents is a critical area of intervention for obstetricians, gynecologists, and other reproductive health care professionals. Patient exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and other stressors is ubiquitous, and preconception and prenatal exposure to toxic environmental agents can have a profound and lasting effect on reproductive health across the life course.Prenatal exposure to certain chemicals has been documented to increase the risk of cancer in childhood; adult male exposure to pesticides is linked to altered semen quality, sterility, and prostate cancer; and postnatal exposure to some pesticides can interfere with all developmental stages of reproductive function in adult females, including puberty, menstruation and ovulation, fertility and fecundity, and menopause. Many environmental factors harmful to reproductive health disproportionately affect vulnerable and underserved populations,which leaves some populations, including underserved women, more vulnerable to adverse reproductive health effects than other populations. The evidence that links exposure to toxic environmental agents and adverse reproductive and developmental health outcomes is sufficiently robust, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine join leading scientists and other clinical practitioners in calling for timely action to identify and reduce exposure to toxic environmental agents while addressing the consequences of such exposure.
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