A case-referent study: Light at night and breast cancer risk in Georgia

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bauer, Sarah E ^a   Wagner, Sara E ^a   Burch, Jim ^b   Bayakly, Rana ^c   Vena, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial LAN; Breast cancer; Circadian disruption; Light at night (LAN)

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LIGHT EFFECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; GEORGIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876074693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-23     Document Type: Article

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