Brain cancer - adults

Agricultural pesticide use and risk of glioma in Nebraska, United States - Men living or working on a farm for at least 55 years is associated with an almost 4-fold increased risk of glioma . [Lee, W., et al. 2005. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 62(11):786-792]

Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of adult brain tumors. - Finds that woman with occupational herbicide exposure show an increased risk meningioma compared to woman who never used herbicides: increasing risk with increasing years of herbicide exposure and increasing cumulative exposure.[Samanic, C.M., et al. 2008. American Journal of Epidemiology 167(8):976-985]

Occupational risk factors for brain cancer: a population-based case-control study in Iowa - A population case-control study in Iowa finds a significant increased risk to a type of brain cancer called glioma for women employed in agriculture services or farming.[ Zheng, T., et al. 2001.Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43(4): 333-340]