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Is conception delay a risk factor for reduced gestation or birthweight?Maureen A Cooney
School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 20:201-9. 2006..Thus, we found no evidence to support an adverse relationship between conception delay and decrements in gestation or birthweight among this select sample of fertile women, even after varying the cut-point for defining conception delay...
Organochlorine pesticides and endometriosisMaureen A Cooney
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Reprod Toxicol 30:365-9. 2010..These are the first such findings in a laproscopic cohort that suggest an association between OCP exposure and endometriosis. More prospective studies are necessary to ensure temporal ordering and confirm these findings...
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...
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...
Clustering of fecundability within womenAlexander C McLain
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:460-5. 2011..Identifying exposures or behaviours that affect TTP may offer strategies for reducing conception delay in future pregnancy attempts...
Validity of retrospectively reported behaviors during the periconception windowAudra L Gollenberg
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland USA
J Reprod Med 56:130-7. 2011..To assess the validity of retrospectively reported maternal behaviors while attempting pregnancy...
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...
Household pesticides and the risk of Wilms tumorMaureen A Cooney
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:134-7. 2007..Previous epidemiologic studies have suggested that exposure to pesticides in utero and during early childhood may increase the risk for development of childhood cancer, including Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney tumor...
Validity of self-reported time to pregnancyMaureen A Cooney
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Epidemiology 20:56-9. 2009..The reliability of retrospective time to pregnancy (TTP) has been established, but its validity has been assessed in only 1 study, which had a short follow-up...
Disentangling causal paths between obesity and in vitro fertilization outcomes: an intractable problem?Penelope P Howards
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Fertil Steril 89:1604-5. 2008..Disentangling causal paths between obesity and in vitro fertilization outcomes may be an intractable problem, but other research questions of clinical importance can be addressed through appropriate study designs and analytic methods...
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...
