Should we warn against night shifts to prevent breast cancer?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 797-

  Kolstad, Henrik A ^a   Erlandsen, M ^b   Frost, P ^a   Bonde, J P ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; HUMAN; LETTER; NIGHT WORK; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78149398749     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056499     Document Type: Letter

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