Environmental influences on female fecundity and fertility

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a   Lynch, Courtney D ^a   Cooney, Maureen A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Fecundity; Fertility; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PUBERTY;

EID: 33745686473     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944421     Document Type: Review

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