TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemicals and menopause
T2 - Effects on age at menopause and on health status in the postmenopausal period
AU - Silbergeld, Ellen K.
AU - Flaws, Jodi A.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Menopause, a natural stage in women's lives, signals the cessation of fertility and causes changes in health status for many women. Chemical exposures may induce early or premature menopause and increase the risks of morbidity and mortality in the postmenopausal period. Chemicals that are toxic to follicles can lower the age of menopause by depleting the ovary of oocytes. Women may be exposed to these chemicals in the workplace, at home, and through exposure to contaminated drinking water near hazardous waste sites, as well as by direct or indirect exposure to cigarette smoke.
AB - Menopause, a natural stage in women's lives, signals the cessation of fertility and causes changes in health status for many women. Chemical exposures may induce early or premature menopause and increase the risks of morbidity and mortality in the postmenopausal period. Chemicals that are toxic to follicles can lower the age of menopause by depleting the ovary of oocytes. Women may be exposed to these chemicals in the workplace, at home, and through exposure to contaminated drinking water near hazardous waste sites, as well as by direct or indirect exposure to cigarette smoke.
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U2 - 10.1089/jwh.1999.8.227
DO - 10.1089/jwh.1999.8.227
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10100136
AN - SCOPUS:0033025501
SN - 1059-7115
VL - 8
SP - 227
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Women's Health
JF - Journal of Women's Health
IS - 2
ER -