Shift work and risk of non-cancer mortality in a cohort of German male chemical workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 763-773

  Yong, Mei ^a   Nasterlack, Michael ^a   Germann, Christina ^a   Lang, Stefan ^a   Oberlinner, Christoph ^a  

^a BASF Societas Europaea   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian disruption; Health surveillance; Healthy worker effect; Industry based cohort study; Ischaemic heart disease; Mortality; Shift work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888314568     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0922-5     Document Type: Article

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