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- The Spectrosome approach was used to analyze links between various occupational exposures and health issues, focusing on sore throat among agricultural workers.
- The study utilized a large dataset (PRECUBE) from Belgian Occupational Health and Safety with over 381,000 observations to conduct the analysis.
- Results indicated that the Spectrosome method identified more significant associations than traditional frequency analysis, highlighting the importance of considering multiple causes for health problems.
Article Abstract
Objectives: Rapid changes in working conditions give rise to new occupational health risks. We applied the Spectrosome approach, a network-based analysis, to investigate associations between disease and multiple occupational exposures.
Methods: We investigated work and health's associations in a specific sector: the agricultural sector and for a specific and frequent health complaint: sore throat; using PRECUBE dataset of the Belgian Occupational Health and Safety, containing 381.615 occupational health observations. We compared the results of the spectrosome with classic frequency analyses.
Results: Spectrosome approach reports more significant signals of multiple associations of agents compare to the frequency analysis.
Conclusion: This difference justifies the usefulness of taking into account the multiplicity of causes leading to a health event, which is a clear asset of the Spectrosome method.
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