Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility: executive summary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-300

  Woodruff, Tracey J ^a   Carlson, Alison ^b   Schwartz, Jackie M ^a   Giudice, Linda C ^c  

^a Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment   (United States)

^b Diabetes and Obesity Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental contaminants; fecundity; fertility; hormone disruption; reproductive health; reproductive tract development; sperm quality

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ATRAZINE; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FLUTAMIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE; TOBACCO SMOKE; VINCLOZOLIN; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLOROFORM; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; OZONE; PESTICIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RNA STABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STILLBIRTH; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; AIR POLLUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICS; POLLUTION; SAFETY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; ANIMALS;

EID: 38949135992     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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