Evidence for bisphenol A-induced female infertility: a review (2007–2016)

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 827-856

  Ziv Gal, Ayelet ^a   Flaws, Jodi A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; female; hypothalamus; implantation; Infertility; ovary; pituitary; uterus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADENOMA; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PITUITARY OVARIAN AXIS; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMETRA; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979665796     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.06.027     Document Type: Review

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