Rotating shift work and risk of prostate cancer [1]

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-183

  Conlon, Michael ^a   Lightfoot, Nancy ^a,b   Kreiger, Nancy ^c,d  

^a SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845756274     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000249519.33978.31     Document Type: Letter

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