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

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 431-447

  Ijaz, Sharea ^a   Verbeek, Jos ^a   Seidler, Andreas ^b   Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a   Ojajärvi, Anneli ^a   Orsini, Nicola ^c   Costa, Giovanni ^d   Neuvonen, Kaisa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose response; Evidence synthesis; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HETEROGENEITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84883377320     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3371     Document Type: Review

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