Night-shift work increases morbidity of breast cancer and all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis of 16 prospective cohort studies

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1381-1387

  Lin, Xiaoti ^a,b   Chen, Weiyu ^c   Wei, Fengqin ^d   Ying, Mingang ^b   Wei, Weidong ^a   Xie, Xiaoming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUJIAN PROVINCIAL TUMOR HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Meta analysis; Morbidity; Mortality; Night shift work; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944604956     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.543     Document Type: Review

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