Persistent organic pollutants, pre-pregnancy use of combined oral contraceptives, age, and time-to-pregnancy in the SELMA cohort

• Main Authors: Richelle D. Björvang (Author), Chris Gennings (Author), Ping-I Lin (Author), Ghada Hussein (Author), Hannu Kiviranta (Author), Panu Rantakokko (Author), Päivi Ruokojärvi (Author), Christian H. Lindh (Author), Pauliina Damdimopoulou (Author), Carl-Gustaf Bornehag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We are exposed to several chemicals such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in our everyday lives. Prior evidence has suggested that POPs may have adverse effects on reproductive function by disrupting hormone synthesis and metabolism. While there is age-related decline of f...