The Environment and Reproductive Health (EARTH) Study: A Prospective Preconception Cohort.

ABSTRACT: The Environment and Reproductive Health (EARTH) Study is an ongoing prospective preconception cohort designed to investigate the impact of environmental, nutritional, and lifestyle factors among both women and men on fertility and pregnancy outcomes. The EARTH Study recruits women 18 to 45 years and men 18 to 55 years seeking fertility evaluation and treatment at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Fertility Center, Boston, USA. Women and men are eligible to join either independently or as a couple. Participants are followed from study entry throughout each fertility treatment cycle, once per trimester of pregnancy (for those achieving pregnancy), and up to labor and delivery, or until they discontinue treatment or withdraw from the study. The study collects biological samples, self-r

SUBMITTER: Messerlian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990043 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature