Mortality and cancer risk in agricultural nursery workers: a cohort study in Tuscany Region (Central Italy)

OBJECTIVES: to follow-up mortality of agricultural nursery workers of the province of Pistoia (Tuscany Region, Central Italy). DESIGN: the cohort of nursery workers of the Pistoia province was assembled from two sources: subjects who obtained a pesticide license (PAT) and subjects who had been working in agricultural nursery, based on the 2003 regional census (LIF). Vital status and causes of deaths were ascer-tained through the official records of the municipalities and the Tuscany Mortality Register. The follow-up period for PAT cohort was from 01.01.1984 to 31.12.2015 and for LIF cohort was from 01.01.2003 al 31.12.2015. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: the total cohort included 2,732 males and 326 females: the PAT cohort included 1,602 males and 106 females, and the LIF cohort included 1,130 males and 220 females MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: general and cause-specific Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for the entire cohort and for the PAT and LIF ...