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Environ Health · ISSN (e) 1476-069X · 3 papers in corpus
other 2023
Exposure to select PFAS and PFAS mixtures alters response to platinum-based chemotherapy in endometrial cancer cell lines
doi:10.1186/s12940-023-01034-2 ·PMID:38098045

BACKGROUND: Exposure to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been associated with significant alterations in female reproductive health. These include changes in menstrual cyclicity, timing of menarche and menopause, and fertilit…

case-report 2021
Multigenerational endometriosis : consequence of fetal exposure to diethylstilbestrol ?
doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00780-5 ·PMID:34452632

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, which affects 10-15 % of women of reproductive age, is an estrogen-driven condition influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Exposition to estrogen-like endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been repor…

review 2017
Environmental pollutants, a possible etiology for premature ovarian insufficiency: a narrative review of animal and human data
doi:10.1186/s12940-017-0242-4 ·PMID:28388912

BACKGROUND: Because only 25% of cases of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) have a known etiology, the aim of this review was to summarize the associations and mechanisms of the impact of the environment on this pathology. Eligible studi…