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Shanna H. Swan is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, mainly focusing on Medicine and Environmental Science, with an equal number of publications in both fields. The work primarily addresses the intersections of health, toxicology, and environmental factors affecting human development and reproductive health.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Plant Science
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research topics commonly explored by Swan cover a range of environmental and health-related concerns such as:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Frequent publication venues where Swan has contributed include:

  • Environment International
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Collaborations have been made with common co-authors such as:

  • Emily S. Barrett
  • Ruby H.N. Nguyen
  • Sheela Sathyanarayana
  • Nicole R. Bush
  • Kaja Z. LeWinn

Recent publications reflect a focus on environmental exposures and reproductive health outcomes:

  • Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of samples collected globally in the 20th and 21st centuries, 2022, Human Reproduction Update
  • Paracetamol use during pregnancy - a call for precautionary action, 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Associations Between Prenatal Urinary Biomarkers of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth, 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Maternal urinary levels of glyphosate during pregnancy and anogenital distance in newborns in a US multicenter pregnancy cohort, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Urinary glyphosate concentration in pregnant women in relation to length of gestation, 2021, Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends.

    Richard C. Thompson;Charles J. Moore;Frederick S. vom Saal;Shanna H. Swan

  • Our plastic age

    Richard C. Thompson;Shanna H. Swan;Charles J. Moore;Frederick S. vom Saal

  • Decrease in anogenital distance among male infants with prenatal phthalate exposure

    Shanna H. Swan;Katharina M Main;Fan Liu;Sara L. Stewart

  • Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

    Hagai Levine;Niels Jørgensen;Anderson Martino-Andrade;Jaime Mendiola

  • Environmental phthalate exposure in relation to reproductive outcomes and other health endpoints in humans

    Shanna H. Swan

  • The question of declining sperm density revisited: an analysis of 101 studies published 1934-1996.

    Shanna H. Swan;Eric P. Elkin;Laura Fenster

  • Male Reproductive Disorders and Fertility Trends: Influences of Environment and Genetic Susceptibility

    Niels E Skakkebaek;Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts;Germaine M Buck Louis;Jorma Toppari

  • Phthalates and other additives in plastics: human exposure and associated health outcomes

    John D. Meeker;Sheela Sathyanarayana;Shanna H. Swan

  • Examination of US Puberty-Timing Data from 1940 to 1994 for Secular Trends: Panel Findings

    Susan Y. Euling;Marcia E. Herman-Giddens;Peter A. Lee;Sherry G. Selevan

  • Female reproductive disorders: the roles of endocrine-disrupting compounds and developmental timing.

    D. Andrew Crain;Sarah J. Janssen;Thea M. Edwards;Jerrold Heindel

  • Bisphenol A and reproductive health: Update of experimental and human evidence, 2007-2013

    Jackye Peretz;Lisa Vrooman;William A. Ricke;Patricia A. Hunt

  • Semen Quality in Relation to Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure

    Shanna H. Swan;Robin L. Kruse;Fan Liu;Dana B. Barr

  • Environmental Factors and Puberty Timing: Expert Panel Research Needs

    Germaine M. Buck Louis;L. Earl Gray;Michele Marcus;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Geographic differences in semen quality of fertile U.S. males.

    Shanna H Swan;Charlene Brazil;Erma Z Drobnis;Fan Liu

  • Baby care products: possible sources of infant phthalate exposure.

    Sheela Sathyanarayana;Catherine J. Karr;Paula Lozano;Elizabeth Brown

  • Prenatal phthalate exposure and reduced masculine play in boys.

    S. H. Swan;F. Liu;M. Hines;R. L. Kruse

  • Prenatal Phthalate Exposures and Anogenital Distance in Swedish Boys

    Carl-Gustaf Bornehag;Fredrik Carlstedt;Bo Ag Jönsson;Christian H Lindh

  • Estimated daily phthalate exposures in a population of mothers of male infants exhibiting reduced anogenital distance.

    Kevin Marsee;Tracey J. Woodruff;Daniel A. Axelrad;Antonia M. Calafat

  • Are environmental levels of bisphenol a associated with reproductive function in fertile men

    Jaime Mendiola;Niels Jørgensen;Anna Maria Andersson;Antonia M. Calafat

  • Semen quality in fertile US men in relation to geographical area and pesticide exposure.

    Shanna H. Swan

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Overstreet
James W. Overstreet University of California, Davis
Jorge E. Chavarro
Jorge E. Chavarro Harvard University
Christina Wang
Christina Wang Lundquist Institute
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Niels Jørgensen
Niels Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Louis J. Guillette
Louis J. Guillette Medical University of South Carolina
Niels E. Skakkebæk
Niels E. Skakkebæk University of Copenhagen
Frederick S. vom Saal
Frederick S. vom Saal University of Missouri
Ana M. Soto
Ana M. Soto Tufts University
Gary M. Shaw
Gary M. Shaw Stanford University

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