Environment and Female Reproductive Health

This book will focus on the harmful effect of environmental toxins on female reproductive health. Reproduction is the basis of the continuation of human beings, and environment is the basis of human survival. However, environmental pollution has become a potential risk factor for human reproductive health, which not only leads to many chronic diseases, but also causes certain harm to reproductive health. Compared to male reproduction, female reproductive process is more complex, the reproductive system is more fragile, and is more vulnerable to be damaged. The aim of this book is to review the research progress, to address the challenges, and to stimulate the development in the direction of environment and female reproductive health.

Part I Environmental Harmful Factors

Chapter 1    Introduction to Environmental Harmful Factors

Chapter 2    Introduction of Female Reproductive Processes and Reproductive Diseases

Chapter 3    The Influence of Environmental Factors on Ovarian Function, Follicular Genesis, and Oocyte Quality

Chapter 4    Effects of environment and lifestyle factors on premature ovarian failure

Chapter 5    Effects of Environment and Lifestyle Factors on Anovulatory Disorder

Chapter 6    Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Preimplantation Embryo Development

Chapter 7    Toxicical effects of BPDE on dysfunctions of female trophoblast cells

Chapter 8    The Roles of Stress-Induced Immune Response in Female Reproduction

Chapter 9    Effects of Environmental EDCs on Oocyte Quality, Embryo Development and the Outcome in Human IVF Process

Part IV Effects of Environmental Factors on Reproductive Diseases

Chapter 10  Effects of environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals on female reproductive health

Chapter 11   Definition and Multiple Factors of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

Chapter 12  The Variations of Metabolic Detoxification Enzymes Lead to Recurrent Miscarriage and their Diagnosis Strategy

 Part V Effects of Environmental Factors on Fertility Preservation

Chapter 13  The Effects of Negative Elements in Environment and Cancer on Female Reproductive System

Dr. Huidong Zhang is a professor at Public Health School of West China, Sichuan University, China. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has worked as a postdoctoral fellow and senior researcher at Vanderbilt University and Harvard Medical School. He became a full professor at Institute of Toxicology, School of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University in 2013 and moved to Sichuan University in 2018.