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. 2021 Oct 20;18(21):11025.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111025.

Environmental Factors and Endometriosis

Grzegorz Polak  1 , Beata Banaszewska  2 , Michał Filip  3 , Michał Radwan  4   5 , Artur Wdowiak  6
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Environmental Factors and Endometriosis

Grzegorz Polak et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Endometriosis is a common disease, affecting up to 60-80% of women, with pelvic pain or/and infertility. Despite years of studies, its pathogenesis still remains enigmatic. Genetic, hormonal, environmental, and lifestyle-related factors may be involved in its pathogenesis. Thus, the design of the review was to discuss the possible role of environmental factors in the development of endometriosis. The results of individual studies greatly differ, making it very difficult to draw any definite conclusions. There is no reasonable consistency in the role of environmental factors in endometriosis etiopathogenesis.

Keywords: diet; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; endometriosis; environmental factors.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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