Environmental Exposure and Reproductive Health

Dear Colleagues,

Endocrine disruption has been an active field of research for over 10 years, although the effects of endocrine disruptors in wildlife have been studied mainly in detail since the 1940s. A large number of chemicals have been identified as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and humans can be exposed to them either due to their occupations or through dietary and environmental exposure (water, soil, and air). Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are compounds that alter the normal functioning of the endocrine system of humans.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made EDCs and environmental toxicants. Controversy however remains as to whether associations exist, with conflicting findings commonly reported for all major EDC classes. This Special Issue aims to identify robust evidence regarding the effects of environmentally relevant EDC concentrations on adult male and female fertility during the critical periconception period on reproductive hormone concentrations, gamete and embryo characteristics, as well as fetal growth and development in the general population.

This Special Issue seeks to explore environmental EDC exposure and adverse reproductive outcomes. We accept exceptional merit research covering one or more of, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Exposure and risk assessment;
• Environmental epidemiology;
• Compound exposure;
• Reproductive health.

Prof. Dr. Pan Yang
Guest Editor

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