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The analytic sample was non-pregnant women aged 18\u201349 years without a history of hysterectomy or oophorectomy (n = 2579) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013\u20132016). Environmental chemical exposure was assessed with biospecimens and dichotomized as high and low levels of exposure based on the median. Logistic regression models estimated the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between high levels of exposure and infertility, adjusted for age, race, education level, family income, and smoking status. We observed associations between infertility and cadmium [aOR: 1.88; 95% CI: 1.02\u20133.47] and arsenic [aOR: 1.88 (1.05\u20133.36)]. Two pesticides hexachlorobenzene [OR: 2.04 (1.05\u20133.98)] and oxychlordane [OR: 2.04 (1.12\u20133.69)] were also associated with infertility in unadjusted analyses. There were negative associations with two Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with n-perfluorooctanoic acid [aOR: 0.51: (0.30\u20130.86)] and n-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid [aOR: 0.51: (0.26\u20130.97). 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