The environment and reproduction: Endocrine disruption, reproductive impairment, and epigenetics

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: Integrating Modern Clinical and Laboratory Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 781-803

  Peterson, C Matthew ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a   Varner, Michael ^a   Stanford, Joseph ^b   Croughan, Mary ^c   Louis, Germaine Buck ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chemical substance inventory; Chemicals; Contaminants; Endocrine disruptor; Endometriosis; Environment; Epigenetics; Reproductive impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867444616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1436-1_55     Document Type: Chapter

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