Breast cancer and night work among Norwegian nurses

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Lie, Jenny Anne S ^a   Roessink, Jolanta ^a   Kjærheim, Kristina ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Melatonin; Night work; Nurses; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORWAY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 30544448274     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-3639-2     Document Type: Article

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