Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Santé publique France develops a national epidemiological monitoring program to study health indicators related to endocrine disruptor exposure. Based on the weight of evidence, cryptorchidism was selected for this purpose. In this study, we aimed to analyze temporal, spatial and spatio-temporal trends of cryptorchidism during the period 2002–2014 in France, and explore and/or generate environmental hypotheses.Methods: We built a...

Introduction: Endometriosis is a complex reproductive disease without clear etiology, thought to be on the increase, and possibly related to endocrine disruptor (EDs) exposure such as PCBs, dioxins, phthalates, or pesticides. It is part of a national project on reproductive health indicators related to EDs in France. We aimed to build a nationwide indicator of endometriosis incidence based on routinely collected data, usable to study temporal and spatial trends for environment...