Jackson LW

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2005-2011

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 1
2011
The association between cadmium, lead and mercury blood levels and reproductive hormones among healthy, premenopausal women.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der250

BackgroundCadmium, lead and mercury have been identified in human follicular fluid and ovarian tissue, and have been associated with adverse reproductive outcomes in epidemiologic studies; however, few studies have examined the relationship…

article 2008
The association between heavy metals, endometriosis and uterine myomas among premenopausal women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dem394

BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that exposure to exogenous estrogens may be associated with endometriosis and uterine myomas. We sought to investigate the association between heavy metals which have been shown to be hormonally active a…

article 2005
Oxidative stress and endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dei001

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the aetiology of endometriosis; however, in the presence of oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species might increase growth and adhesion of endometrial cells in the peritoneal cavity, leading to endometrios…