Buck GM

Detection, quantification, and prognosis of environmental exposures in humans has been vastly enhanced by the ability of epidemiologists to collect biospecimens for toxicologic or other laboratory evaluation. Ease of collection and level of…

Using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we assessed measures of puberty in U.S. girls in relation to blood lead levels to determine whether sexual maturation may be affected by current environmental lead …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess health and fertility status among women after surgical treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Community-based gynecologic specialty practice. PATIENTS: Two hundred ninety women with new…

We summarize the epidemiologic literature on the effect of life-style factors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol and caffeine consumption, physical exercise, body mass index, and drug use on female infertility. We identified relevant papers…

We suggest that müllerianosis is a distinct form of endometriosis, separate in its pathogenesis from transplantation endometriosis of lymphatic, hematogenous, transtubal, or iatrogenic origin, and also distinct from endometriosis of coelomi…