REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS

虽然怀孕期间胎儿暴露一直是一个令人担忧的问题， 畸形学研究和生殖流行病学，了解较少 怀孕前接触有毒物质可能会损害生育能力或 胎儿暴露对随后的婴儿和儿童健康的影响。 我们 我认为流行病学研究可能会获得重要的见解 职业和环境暴露的风险 在发展过程中。 我们已经开始了一项研究计划， 三组环境毒物，麻醉气体，金属， 杀虫剂会影响生育能力、胎儿发育和婴儿， 儿童发展。

Although fetal exposures during pregnancy have always been a concern of teratology research and reproductive epidemiology, less is known about toxic exposures before pregnancy that might impair fertility or about the effects of fetal exposures on subsequent infant and child health. We think that important insights may be gained by the epidemiologic study of occupational and environmental exposures during each of these stages in the development process. We have begun a research program to address how three groups of environmental toxicants, anesthetic gases, metals, and pesticides affect fertility, fetal development, and infant and childhood development.