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Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility

Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility

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Edited by Tracey J. Woodruff, Sarah J. Janssen, Louis J. Guillette, Jr, Linda C. Giudice
Cambridge University Press, 1/28/2010
EAN 9780521519526, ISBN10: 0521519527

Hardcover, 262 pages, 24.8 x 18.6 x 1.8 cm
Language: English

Many reproductive and developmental health problems are caused by exposure to chemicals that are widely dispersed in our environment. These problems include infertility, miscarriage, poor pregnancy outcomes, abnormal fetal development, early puberty, endometriosis, and diseases and cancers of reproductive organs. The compelling nature of the collective science has resulted in recognition of a new field of environmental reproductive health. Focusing on exposures to environmental contaminants, particularly during critical periods in development and their potential effects on all aspects of future reproductive life-course, this book provides the first comprehensive source of information bringing together the arguments that are spread out among various scientific disciplines in environmental health, clinical and public health fields. It provides a review of the science in key areas of the relationship between environmental contaminants and reproductive health outcomes, and recommendations on efforts toward prevention in clinical care and public policy.

1. Introduction Tracey J. Woodruff and Linda C. Giudice
2. Environmental contaminants and exposure Mary A. Fox and Yutaka Aoki
3. Development and maturation of the normal female reproductive system
3.1. Ovary Laxmi A. Kondapalli and Teresa K. Woodruff
3.2. Oviduct and uterus Leo F. Doherty and Hugh S. Taylor
3.3. Breast Maricel V. Maffini, Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto
4. Development and maturation of the normal male reproductive system Richard M. Sharpe
5. Modern genetics of reproductive biology Taisen Iguchi and Tamotsu Sudo
6. Mechanisms of endocrine disruption K. Leigh Greathouse and Cheryl L. Walker
7. Developmental exposures and implications for early and latent disease Retha R. Newbold and Jerrold J. Heindel
8. Wildlife as sentinels of environmental impacts on reproductive health and fertility Heather J. Hamlin and Louis J. Guillette Jr
9. Environmental contaminants and effects on timing and progression of human pubertal development Annette Mouritsen, Julie Damm, Lise Aksglaede, Kaspar Sørensen and Anders Juul
10. Environmental contaminants and impacts on healthy and successful pregnancies Rémy Slama and Sylvaine Cordier
11. Environmental contaminants and the reproductive and fertility effects in the male
11.1. Introduction Sarah J. Janssen
11.2. Environmental contaminants and male reproductive health
possible role of fetal exposure Jorma Toppari, Helena E. Virtanen and Niels E. Skakkebaek
11.3. Environmental contaminants and male reproductive health
adult exposure and effects on fertility John D. Meeker and Russ Hauser
12. Environmental contaminants, female reproductive health and fertility Pauline Mendola and Germaine M. Buck Louis
13. Environmental contaminants and related systems that have implications for reproduction
13.1. The neuroendocrine system Andrea C. Gore
13.2. The thyroid system R. Thomas Zoeller and John D. Meeker
13.3. The immune system Robert W. Luebke and Dori R. Germolec
14. Environmental contaminants and cancers of the reproductive tract Gail S. Prins and Esther L. Calderon
15. Communicating with patients and the public about environmental exposures and reproductive risk Gina M. Solomon and Sarah J. Janssen
16. Interpreting science in the policy context Tracey J. Woodruff and Sarah J. Janssen
17. Conclusions – what does all this mean and where are we going? Shanna H. Swan, Patricia Hunt and Linda C. Giudice
Index.