Shiftwork and mortality from ischaemic heart disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-373

  McNamee, R ^a   Binks, K ^b   Jones, S ^b   Faulkner, D ^b   Slovak, A ^c   Cherry, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ischaemic heart disease; mortality; shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING;

EID: 0030005516     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.6.367     Document Type: Article

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