Endocrine disrupting chemicals and endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 959-966

  Smarr, Melissa M ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

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

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemicals; endocrine disruptors; endometriosis; environment; pesticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZOPHENONE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979658220     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.06.034     Document Type: Review

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