Longnecker MP

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 1999-2018

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  • article 1

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  • endometriosis 1
2018
Oral contraceptive use as a determinant of plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances among women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) study.
Environment international ·doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.12.015

ObjectiveBecause oral contraceptives (OC) tends to lessen menstrual fluid loss - a route of excretion for perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) - we hypothesized that such use would be positively associated with PFAS concentrations.MethodsThis …

article 2017
Quantitative bias analysis of a reported association between perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and endometriosis: The influence of oral contraceptive use
Environment international ·doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.023

An association between serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and endometriosis has recently been reported in an epidemiologic study. Oral contraceptive use to treat dysmenorrhea (pelvic pain associated with endometriosis) could p…

2003
An approach to assessment of endocrine disruption in the National Children's Study.
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.5800

In this article we consider the importance of assessing endocrine disruption in a large new cohort that has been proposed, the National Children's Study (NCS). We briefly review evidence that endocrine disruption is a potentially important …

1999
Characterization of potential endocrine-related health effects at low-dose levels of exposure to PCBs.
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.99107s4639

This article addresses issues related to the characterization of endocrine-related health effects resulting from low-level exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the literature but …