It is predicted that Japan and European Union will soon experience appreciable decreases
in their populations due to persistently low total fertility rates (TFR) below replacement level …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions and pregnancies in obese mothers have
increased risk for complications including gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders …

Although common reproductive problems, such as male infertility and testicular cancer,
present in adult life, strong evidence exists that these reproductive disorders might have a …

Currently, most men with infertility cannot be given an aetiology, which reflects a lack of
knowledge around gamete production and how it is affected by genetics and the …

Obesity in men of reproductive age is globally on the increase. There is clear evidence from
epidemiological studies that obesity impacts negatively on male fertility; it is associated with …

Nitrate is heavily used as an agricultural fertilizer and is today a ubiquitous environmental
pollutant. Environmental endocrine effects caused by nitrate have received increasing …

conveys an extremely important message about international population trends that have so
far received little public attention. For more than 40 years, birth rates in industrialised …

Measuring both progestagens, androgens, corticosteroids as well as estrogens with a single
method makes it possible to investigate the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals …

Speculation has arisen that human fecundity may be declining, possibly a function of
exposure to persistent environmental chemicals that resist degradation resulting in various …

Paternal cigarette smoke (CS) exposure is associated with increased risk of behavioral
disorders and cancer in offspring, but the mechanism has not been identified. Here we use …