Shift work and cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7716, 2009, Pages 307-

  Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

AVIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 69449092162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2653     Document Type: Editorial

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