Wesselink AK
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· 12 papers in corpus
observational
2026
BACKGROUND: Use of chemical hair straighteners ("relaxers") is associated with higher risks of hormonally mediated conditions. We hypothesized users of relaxers would have a higher prevalence of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and dysmenorr…
observational
2025
BACKGROUND: Female sexual function is important for sexual well-being, general health, fertility, and relationship satisfaction. Distressing impairments in sexual function, clinically recognized as female sexual dysfunction (FSD), can manif…
observational
2025
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether exposure to lower-chlorinated PCBs from building materials is associated with increased incidence of UL, endometriosis, and PCOS in female residents. METHODS: We studied 21,619 residents of two Danish partially…
observational
2025
BACKGROUND: Fertility success among mixed-sex couples often depends on frequency and timing of sexual intercourse, yet little research has evaluated the association between preconception sexual function and time-to-pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: To…
review
2024
INTRODUCTION: Menstrual health is a key patient-reported outcome beyond its importance as a general indicator of health and fertility. However, menstrual function was not measured in the clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines. The purpose of …
observational
2023
BACKGROUND: Metals may influence reproductive health, but few studies have investigated correlates of metal body burden among reproductive-aged women outside of pregnancy. Furthermore, while there is evidence of racial disparities in exposu…
observational
2023
BACKGROUND: Despite the high prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in population-based studies and the importance of sexual functioning for mixed-sex couples attempting conception, little is known about female sexual function in the preco…
case-report
2022
BACKGROUND: Refusal to participate in studies related to sexual health can compromise the internal and external validity of findings. Research examining non-response to sexual health studies has primarily focused on predictors such as speci…
observational
2022
BACKGROUND: Migraine is common among females of reproductive age (estimated prevalence:17-24%) and may be associated with reproductive health through underlying central nervous system excitability, autoimmune conditions, and autonomic dysfu…
observational
2022
PURPOSE: To prospectively examine the association between time-to-pregnancy (TTP) and postpartum depression (PPD) and determine whether perceived stress during early pregnancy mediated this association. METHODS: In Pregnancy Study Online, …
observational
2020
PURPOSE: Asthma has been positively associated with irregular menses and infertility in some studies, but data are limited on the relation between asthma medication use and fecundability (i.e., average per-cycle probability of conception am…
observational
2020
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between pregravid use of a variety of contraceptive methods and subsequent fecundability. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Denmark and North America, 2007-19. PARTICIPANTS: 17 954 women wh…