Agricultural activities and risk of central nervous system tumors among French farm managers: Results from the TRACTOR project.

ABSTRACT: The etiology of central nervous system (CNS) tumors is complex and involves many suspected risk factors. Scientific evidence remains insufficient, in particular in the agricultural field. The goal of our study was to investigate associations between agricultural activities and CNS tumors in the entire French farm manager workforce using data from the TRACTOR project. The TRACTOR project hold a large administrative health database covering the entire French agricultural workforce, over the period 2002-2016, on the whole French metropolitan territory. Associations were estimated for 26 activities and CNS tumors using Cox proportional hazards model, with time to first CNS tumor insurance declaration as the underlying timescale, adjusting for sex, age and geographical area. There were 1017 cas

SUBMITTER: Petit P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature