Sex- and Gender-Related Differences in Early-Life Environmental Exposures, Susceptibilities, and Mechanistic Insights into Diseases throughout Life
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 June 2023) | Viewed by 364
Special Issue Editors
Interests: asthma; obesity; sex- and gender-specific effects; big data; air pollution; children’s health; personal exposures; multi-scale network biology; integrative-OMICs; biomarkers; precision health
Interests: environmental epidemiology; perinatal and pediatric epidemiology; global environmental health; heavy metals; endocrine disrupting chemicals; electronic waste; flame retardants; perfluoroalkyl substances; birth outcomes; cognitive function and behavior; neuroimaging; cardiometabolic traits
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The reasons underlying sex- and gender-related disparity across multiple diseases, including cancer, neurocognitive disorders, asthma, autoimmune illnesses, and cardiometabolic impairments, represent a gravely understudied topic. Nevertheless, a growing body of research suggests that both sex and gender influence exposures to and metabolism of environmental pollutants, divergent susceptibilities, and the associated vulnerability to certain diseases across the lifespan. To date, several limitations in methodologies, including the study design, target population, and overall interchangeable use of sex and gender, have hampered our improved understanding of their role.
Therefore, the goals of the present Special Issue include: 1) dissect the roles of sex- and gender-, as they relate to the environmental pollutant exposures; 2) deepen our understanding of how culturally driven behavior, roles, and identities relate to the person’s exposures and metabolisms; 3) clarify how biological differences between men and women (i.e., sex) relate to underlying susceptibilities, disease course, and the mechanisms throughout life.
Our team of Guest Editors hopes the above challenges generate motivation, focus, and the drive to deepen our understanding of burdensome diseases of global magnitude. We look forward to receiving exciting, provocative, and paradigm-challenging manuscripts. If the authors have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Dr. Hyunok Choi
Prof. Dr. Aimin Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental pollution
- air pollution
- effect modification
- epidemiology
- gender
- sex mechanisms
