Shift work and cancer - The evidence and the challenge;Schichtarbeit und krebs hintergründe und herausforderungen

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 107, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 657-662

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Falaturi, Puran ^a   Morfeld, Peter ^b   Knauth, Peter ^c   Reiter, Russel J ^d   Piekarski, Claus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Evonik Industries   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER RISK; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DENMARK; GERMANY; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SYMPTOM;

CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 78650730314     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: 01722107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0657     Document Type: Review

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