Mary S. Croughan
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· 6 papers in corpus
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2013
ObjectiveTo explore the relation between bisphenol A and 14 phthalate metabolites and endometriosis.DesignMatched cohort design.SettingFourteen clinical centers.Patient(s)The operative cohort comprised 495 women undergoing laparoscopy/lapar…
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2013
There has been limited study of trace elements and endometriosis. Using a matched cohort design, 473 women aged 18-44 years were recruited into an operative cohort, along with 131 similarly aged women recruited into a population cohort. End…
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2012
BACKGROUND: Environmental chemicals may be associated with endometriosis. No published research has focused on the possible role of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) despite their widespread presence in human tissues. METHODS: We formulated two sam…
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2012
BACKGROUND: An equivocal literature exists regarding the relation between persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) and endometriosis in women, with differences attributed to methodologies. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the association between …
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2011
ObjectiveTo estimate the incidence of endometriosis in an operative cohort of women seeking clinical care and in a matched population cohort to delineate more fully the scope and magnitude of endometriosis in the context of and beyond clini…
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2011
Background and Aims: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been associated with endometriosis, though with equivocal results possibly reflecting choice of biospecimen. We sought to assess this ...