Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposures

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• 作者：Patrice Sutton ; MPH^a ; ^{suttonp@obgyn.ucsf.edu} ; Tracey J. Woodruff ; PhD ; MPH^a ; Joanne Perron ; MD^a ; Naomi Stotland ; MD^b ; Jeanne A. Conry ; MD ; PhD^d ; Mark D. Miller ; MD ; MPH^c ; Linda C. Giudice ; MD ; PhD^b
• 关键词：environmental chemical ; reproductive environmental health ; toxic chemical
• 刊名：American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：207
• 期：3
• 页码：164-173
• 全文大小：1093 K

文摘

Every pregnant woman in the United States is exposed to many and varied environmental chemicals. Rapidly accumulating scientific evidence documents that widespread exposure to environmental chemicals at levels that are encountered in daily life can impact reproductive and developmental health adversely. Preconception and prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals are of particular importance because they may have a profound and lasting impact on health across the life course. Thus, prevention of developmental exposures to environmental chemicals would benefit greatly from the active participation of reproductive health professionals in clinical and policy arenas.