Impact of endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) on female reproductive health

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Fowler, Paul A ^a   Bellingham, Michelle ^b   Sinclair, Kevin D ^c   Evans, Neil P ^b   Pocar, Paola ^d   Fischer, Bernd ^e   Schaedlich, Kristina ^e   Schmidt, Juliane Susanne ^e   Amezaga, Maria R ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^f   Rhind, Stewart M ^g   O'Shaughnessy, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Female; Ovary dysgenesis syndrome; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR;

CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN DYSGENESIS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84859521237     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.10.021     Document Type: Review

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