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ea0081oc9.4 | Oral Communications 9: Environmental Endocrinology | ECE2022

Morphostructural characterization of the testis in a large cohort of men living in highly polluted areas of Campania Region in south Italy: a focus on cadmium exposure

Garifalos Francesco , De Angelis Cristina , Di Nunzio Aldo , Menafra Davide , Castoro Michele , Verde Nunzia , Galdiero Giacomo , Piscopo Mariangela , Pivonello Claudia , Auriemma Renata Simona , Chiodini Paolo , Trifuoggi Marco , Colao Annamaria , Pivonello Rosario

Campania Region has been facing waste management crisis since 1980, characterized by urban, toxic and industrial waste illegal disposal, burying and incineration. Cadmium (Cd) is consistently shown to affect male reproductive function by multiple mechanisms, mostly elucidated in experimental models. The aim of the current single-center, observational, cross-sectional cohort study was to evaluate the prevalence of testis morphostructural alterations in a large cohort of men liv...