Perfluoroalkyl substances and endometriosis-related infertility in Chinese women

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 102; pp. 207 - 212
• Main Authors: Wang, Bin, Zhang, Rongrong, Jin, Fan, Lou, Hangying, Mao, Yuchan, Zhu, Wenting, Zhou, Wei, Zhang, Ping, Zhang, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Adult; blood; Case-Control Studies; China; Chinese people; confidence interval; Endometriosis; Endometriosis - chemically induced; Endometriosis - complications; Endometriosis - physiopathology; Environmental Pollutants - blood; Female; female fertility; Female infertility; Fluorocarbons - blood; Humans; Infertility, Female - chemically induced; Infertility, Female - physiopathology; Logistic Models; males; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid; perfluorocarbons; pregnancy; prospective studies; regression analysis; reproductive toxicology; Risk factor; Risk Factors; sulfonic acids; women; Young Adult; Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid; Endometriosis; Female infertility; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Risk factor

Endometriosis is one of the main causes for female infertility. Previous studies suggested that perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of ubiquitous environmental chemicals with properties of endocrine disruption and reproductive toxicity, were risk factors for endometriosis but there lacks dire...