Environmental Exposures and Their Impact on Reproduction
A special issue of Journal of Xenobiotics (ISSN 2039-4713). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Chemicals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neuroendocrine immune interactions in the context of reproduction and stress; prenatal stress and programming of obesity; environmental exposures and their impact on stress and reproduction; biomarker development for various human diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental exposures to various compounds and pollutants can profoundly impact human health. These exposures vary widely in type, dose, and duration. In particular, low-dose exposures to environmental compounds that act as endocrine disruptors—especially during the prenatal period—can have long-lasting effects that may become evident in adulthood. Such exposures are especially concerning because, although they occur at seemingly harmless levels, they can significantly disrupt developmental processes, with many of their long-term effects on physiological functions still poorly understood.
This collection will focus on the consequences of prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds, particularly their effects on reproductive function. The papers in this collection will explore how environmental exposures during early life affect reproductive outcomes, as well as the underlying biological mechanisms involved.
Dr. Sheba M.J. MohanKumar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- early life exposures
- prenatal exposures
- endocrine disruptors
- environmental exposures
- reproductive functions
- mechanisms
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