Human Population Density and Reproductive Health: A Changing World Needs Endocrinology

Chelsea A Weitekamp¹, Hans A Hofmann^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 109 TW Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
² Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.
³ Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.
⁴ Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.

Comment

Chelsea A Weitekamp et al. Endocrinology. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;162(12):bqab198.

doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab198.

Chelsea A Weitekamp¹, Hans A Hofmann^{2

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4}

¹ Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 109 TW Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
² Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.
³ Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.
⁴ Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway - C0930, Austin, TX 78745, USA.

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Keywords: demography; fecundity; fertility; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; social; stress.

Comment on

Population Numbers and Reproductive Health.
Suvorov A. Suvorov A. Endocrinology. 2021 Nov 1;162(11):bqab154. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab154. Endocrinology. 2021. PMID: 34427630 Review.

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