Light at night and breast cancer risk: Results from a population-based case-control study in Connecticut, USA

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2281-2285

  Li, Qian ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^b   Holford, Theodore R ^b   Boyle, Peter ^c   Zhang, Yawei ^b   Dai, Min ^d  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^d CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Light at night

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP PATTERN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78751566520     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9653-z     Document Type: Article

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