Shift work, chronodisruption and cancer? - The IARC 2007 challenge for research and prevention and 10 theses from the Cologne Colloquium 2008

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-79

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Morfeld, Peter ^b   Stork, Joachim ^c   Knauth, Peter ^d   Von Mülmann, Matthias J A ^e   Breitstadt, Rolf ^b   Müller, Uta ^b   Emmerich, Michael ^f   Piekarski, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c AUDI AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e Deutsche Lufthansa AG   (Germany)

^f RAG Mining Solutions GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Circadian disruption; International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC); Prostate cancer; Prudent avoidance

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RESEARCH; SLEEP DISORDER; WORK SCHEDULE;

COLOGNE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 65549122651     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1303     Document Type: Review

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