Clinical and molecular aspects of lead toxicity: An update

P Mitra, S Sharma, P Purohit… - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lead toxicity is a major public health issue in developed and developing countries. Both
acute and chronic lead exposure has the potential to cause many deleterious systematic …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: Impacts on human fertility and fecundity during the peri-conception period

MP Green, AJ Harvey, BJ Finger, GA Tarulli - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxicants. This escalating yet constant exposure is …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: an Endocrine Society scientific statement

E Diamanti-Kandarakis, JP Bourguignon… - Endocrine …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs), which are substances in our environment, food, and consumer products …

Decline in sperm count in European men during the past 50 years

P Sengupta, E Borges Jr, S Dutta… - Human & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To investigate whether the sperm concentration of European men is deteriorating
over the past 50 years of time. Materials and Methods: We analysed the data published in …

Heavy metals (lead, cadmium and mercury) in maternal, cord blood and placenta of healthy women

I Al-Saleh, N Shinwari, A Mashhour… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Lead, cadmium and mercury were measured in placental tissue, umbilical cord and
maternal blood samples of 1578 women who delivered at the Al-Kharj King Khalid Hospital …

Exposure to modern, widespread environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals and their effect on the reproductive potential of women: an overview of current …

A Karwacka, D Zamkowska, M Radwan… - Human Fertility, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Growing evidence indicates that exposure to widespread, environmental contaminants
called endocrine disruptors (EDCs) negatively affects animal and human reproductive …

Lifestyle factors in people seeking infertility treatment–a review

K Anderson, V Nisenblat… - Australian and New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Clinical infertility is a prevalent problem with significant financial and
psychosocial costs. Modifiable lifestyle factors exist that may affect a person's time to …

Effects of environmental contaminants on fertility and reproductive health

Y Ma, X He, K Qi, T Wang, Y Qi, L Cui, F Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research indicates that the human infertility rate is increasing. Although various
reasons have been hypothesized for the growing infertility rate, environmental contaminants …

Definition and multiple factors of recurrent spontaneous abortion

X La, W Wang, M Zhang, L Liang - Environment and Female Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is usually defined as three or more spontaneous
abortions prior to 20–28 weeks gestation. RSA affects approximately 2–5% of all women of …

Assessment of lead in cosmetic products

I Al-Saleh, S Al-Enazi, N Shinwari - Regulatory toxicology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
There have been a number of recent reports in the media and on the internet about the
presence of lead in brand-names lipsticks. This has drawn our attention to assess the safety …