Background: Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals may impair genitaldevelopment and alter reproductive tract anatomy.
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Background: Androgens are critical in male external genitaldevelopment.
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They can act as a hormone disruptor and may contribute to childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease and interfere with male genitaldevelopment.
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Conclusions: Environmental exposure to POPs may affect genitaldevelopment and result in reproductive tract alterations with potentially relevant health consequences in maturity.
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Cases of precocious genitaldevelopment, especially, some of them occurring as early as the second year of life, were linked with them.