The Upper Midwest Health Study: Gliomas and Farm Crops, Animals, and Activities

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• Personal Author:
  Ruder, Avima M.
• Description:
  Background and aims: Several studies have found excess brain cancer in farmers despite generally lower cancer incidence. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Upper Midwest Health Study previously evaluated farm pesticide exposure and glioma risk and found no increased risk for ever vs. never exposed. This analysis focuses on other farm activities to determine possible associations with risk of glioma. Methods: The study included 798 glioma cases and 1175 population-based controls, adult (18-80) nonmetropolitan residents of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Multiple logistic regressions controlled for farm residence, age, age group, sex, state, and education. Results: There were no strong associations between farm crops, animals, or activities and risk of glioma. Prudent practices in handling farm chemicals (washing after pesticide use, not storing pesticides in the house, applying solvents by brushing or dipping rather than spraying) were associated with decreased risk. Discussion and conclusions: No specific farm exposures or activities that we asked about were associated with increased glioma risk. Farmers' increased risk of glioma may be due to other activities or to intrinsic rather than extrinsic factors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Agriculture Demography Epidemiology Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Racial-factors Sex-factors
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034457
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2008 Sep; 65(9)(Suppl):193 We-O-39
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine. EPICOH 2008
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b47a5d6302a7a0542998ff62957f388d33f3cb5d120095e7c4709c58b6781663f0a20449a6b076d4f1a5040bd350e6d470658428a1b9b479070ddea4a7ffd6e8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189641/cdc_189641_DS1.pdf
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