Reproductive health and the environment: Counseling patients about risks

Bella Haruty; Julie Friedman; Stephanie Hopp; Ryane Daniels; Janet Pregler

doi:10.3949/ccjm.83a.14070

Reproductive health and the environment: Counseling patients about risks

Cleve Clin J Med. 2016 May;83(5):367-72. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14070.

Authors

Bella Haruty¹, Julie Friedman², Stephanie Hopp³, Ryane Daniels⁴, Janet Pregler⁵

Affiliations

¹ Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Division, South Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Director, Iris Cantor UCLA Women's Health Education and Research Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. E-mail: jafriedman@mednet.ucla.edu.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
⁵ Director, Iris Cantor UCLA Women's Health Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 27168513
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14070

Abstract

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with reproductive complications such as infertility, pregnancy complications, poor birth outcomes, and child developmental abnormalities, although not all chemicals of concern are EDCs. Pregnant patients and women of childbearing age need reasonable advice about environmental contaminants and reproductive health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Counseling / methods*
Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity*
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Infertility / chemically induced
Preconception Care / methods*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / chemically induced
Reproductive Health*
Risk Factors
Young Adult

Substances

Endocrine Disruptors