Gliomas and Farm Pesticide Exposure in Men: The Upper Midwest Health Study.

Authors :: Ruder, Avima M.
Waters, Martha A.
Butler, Mary Ann
Carreón, Tania
Calvert, Geoffrey M.
Davis-King, Karen E.
Schulte, Paul A.
Sanderson, Wayne T.
Ward, Elizabeth M.
Connally, L. Barbara
Heineman, Ellen F.
Mandel, Jack S.
Morton, Roscoe F.
Reding, Dougias J.
Rosenman, Kenneth D.
Talaska, Glenn
Source :: Archives of Environmental Health. Dec2004, Vol. 59 Issue 12, p650-658. 8p.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: The article presents a study on farm pesticide exposure and glioma risk in men. The study involved adult men who were nonmetropolitan residents of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Multiple logistic regressions, which were used to control for farm residence, education, age, age group, and exposure to other pesticides, revealed no association between glioma and 12 specific pesticides. Farm pesticide exposure was found to have no positive association with glioma. The excess brain cancer risk may be caused by other farm exposures.