Shift work and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: A study at age 45 years in the 1958 British birth cohort

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-314

  Thomas, Claudia ^a,b   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort studies; Employment; Shift work; Work hours

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77953226087     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9438-4     Document Type: Article

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