Does shift work cause cancer?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 321-323

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Härmä, Mikko ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOB STRESS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NIGHT WORK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PINEAL BODY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36549063473     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1152     Document Type: Editorial

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