Richardson L

ORCID: 0000-0001-8392-2833 · 5 papers in corpus
2026
Phthalates and Alternative Plasticizers in Female Reproductive Health and Pregnancy: From Epidemiological Evidence to Nuclear Receptor-Mediated Mechanisms: A State-of-the-Art Review.
Biomolecules ·doi:10.3390/biom16081109

Phthalate esters (PAEs), which are widely used as plasticizers in various products, are recognized as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can affect female reproductive health. Numerous studies linked PAE exposure to several health h…

article 2023
Endometriosis pain and epistemic community: Mapping discourses in online discussions among sufferers
Social science & medicine (1982) ·doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115889

We focused in this study on how the private experience of pain is made public through online discourse by sufferers of endometriosis. Empirically, we analyse two highly active endometriosis communities on the online social platform Reddit. …

2018
Systematic review of p38 mitogen-activated kinase and its functional role in reproductive tissues.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.13047

Oxidative stress (OS) plays a role in uterine tissue remodeling during pregnancy and parturition. While p38 MAPK is an OS-response kinase, a precise functional role is unknown. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of literature on p3…

other 2017
Hormonal and reproductive factors and the risk of ovarian cancer
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-016-0848-9

PURPOSE: Hormone-related factors have been associated with ovarian cancer, the strongest being parity and oral contraceptive use. Given reductions in birth rates and increases in oral contraceptive use over time, associations in more recent…

2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition.
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61340-x

BackgroundThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable compariso…