Night work and breast cancer - Results from the German GENICA study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-141

  Pesch, Beate ^a   Harth, Volker ^a   Rabstein, Sylvia ^a   Baisch, Christian ^b   Schiffermann, Markus ^b   Pallapies, Dirk ^a   Bonberg, Nadine ^a   Heinze, Evelyn ^a   Spickenheuer, Anne ^a   Justenhoven, Christina ^c   Brauch, Hiltrud ^c   Hamann, Ute ^d   Ko, Yon ^b   Straif, Kurt ^e   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Johanniter Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Case control study; Occupation; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT WORK; NULLIPARA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA;

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

EID: 77950568176     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.2890     Document Type: Article

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