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Persistent organochlorine pollutants and menstrual cycle characteristicsGermaine M Buck Louis
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Chemosphere 85:1742-8. 2011..15; 95% CI -0.29, -0.00). Select POPs were associated with changes in menstruation underscoring the importance of assessing chemical mixtures for female fecundity...
Communicating serum chemical concentrations to study participants: follow up surveyAlexandra J Buck
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Environ Health 9:20. 2010..We designed and evaluated an empirically based communication strategy for women of reproductive age who previously participated in a prospective study focusing on persistent environmental chemicals and reproductive outcomes...
Intrauterine exposures and risk of endometriosisGermaine M Buck Louis
Department of Health and Human Services, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Hum Reprod 22:3232-6. 2007..Intrauterine environmental exposures have been adversely associated with male reproductive health in contrast to limited investigation of such exposures and female reproductive health...
Environmental factors and puberty timing: expert panel research needsGermaine M Buck Louis
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B03, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Pediatrics 121:S192-207. 2008..Coupled with comparative species studies, such research may provide insight regarding the causal ordering of events that underlie pubertal onset and progression and their role in the pathway of adult-onset disease...
Periconception window: advising the pregnancy-planning coupleGermaine M B Louis
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Fertil Steril 89:e119-21. 2008..To discuss the importance of the periconceptional window with regard to being a critical window of exposure. To review the empirical data related to healthy periconceptional behaviors...
Environmental influences on female fecundity and fertilityGermaine M Buck Louis
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Semin Reprod Med 24:147-55. 2006..Also reviewed are novel technologies for home-based biospecimen collection and testing that offer promise for field-based research aimed at addressing questions about environmental influences on female fecundity and fertility...
Stress reduces conception probabilities across the fertile window: evidence in support of relaxationGermaine M Buck Louis
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Fertil Steril 95:2184-9. 2011..To assess salivary stress biomarkers (cortisol and ?-amylase) and female fecundity...
Incidence of endometriosis by study population and diagnostic method: the ENDO studyGermaine M Buck Louis
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Fertil Steril 96:360-5. 2011..To estimate the incidence of endometriosis in an operative cohort of women seeking clinical care and in a matched population cohort to delineate more fully the scope and magnitude of endometriosis in the context of and beyond clinical care...
Designing prospective cohort studies for assessing reproductive and developmental toxicity during sensitive windows of human reproduction and development--the LIFE StudyGermaine M Buck Louis
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Rockville, MD20852, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:413-24. 2011..However, appropriately sized sampling frameworks are critical, given the small percentage of couples contacted found eligible and reportedly planning pregnancy at any point in time...
Analysis of repeated pregnancy outcomesGermaine Buck Louis
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B03, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Stat Methods Med Res 15:103-26. 2006..We illustrate the issues by analysing a sample from the Collaborative Perinatal Project dataset, demonstrating how the statistical model impacts summary statistics and inferences when assessing etiologic determinants of birth weight...
