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Schematic showing the different classes of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that pregnant women are commonly exposed to during everyday life, their mechanism of endocrine disruption and mediators involved in influencing maternal, placental, and fetal milieu. AhR, arylhydrocarbon receptor; AR, androgen receptor; ESR, estrogen receptor; GR, glucocorticoid receptor; PGR, progesterone receptor; PPAR, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; TR, thyroid receptor.
