Effects of 12-hour rotating shifts on menstrual cycles of photoelectronic workers in Taiwan

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 237-248

  Su, Shih Bin ^a,b,c   Lu, Chih Wei ^d   Kao, Yao Ya ^d   Guo, How Ran ^b,e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological rhythm; Menstrual cycle length; Rotating shift; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COFFEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; SHIFT WORKER; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIGHT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 47349097060     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802106884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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