Sally W Thurston — Endo Lab

observational 2023

Associations of Exposure to Air Pollution during the Male Programming Window and Mini-Puberty with Anogenital Distance and Penile Width at Birth and at 1 Year of Age in the Multicenter U.S. TIDES Cohort

Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp12627

BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution may be a developmental endocrine disruptor. In animal models, gestational and perinatal exposure to diesel exhaust and concentrated particulate matter alters anogenital distance (AGD), a marker of prenatal …

observational 2019

Predictors of Steroid Hormone Concentrations in Early Pregnancy: Results from a Multi-Center Cohort

Maternal and child health journal ·doi:10.1007/s10995-018-02705-0

Objectives To identify factors predicting maternal sex steroid hormone concentrations in early pregnancy. Methods The Infant Development and the Environment Study recruited healthy pregnant women from academic medical centers in four US cit…

observational 2017

First-Trimester Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration in Relation to Anogenital Distance, an Androgen-Sensitive Measure of Reproductive Development, in Infant Girls

Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp875

INTRODUCTION: Evidence from animal models suggests that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous endocrine-disrupting chemical, is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes in females. Exposure during early gestation, a crit…

observational 2015

Perfluoroalkyl substances and ovarian hormone concentrations in naturally cycling women

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.02.001

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between environmental exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and ovarian hormone concentrations in naturally cycling women. DESIGN: E2 and P were measured in saliva samples collected daily for a si…