Night-shift work and risk of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 291-301

  Kamdar, Biren B ^a   Tergas, Ana I ^b   Mateen, Farrah J ^c   Bhayani, Neil H ^d   Oh, Jiwon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Female; Occupational diseases; Shift work; Work schedule tolerances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84874662870     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2433-1     Document Type: Article

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