Shift work and breast cancer among women textile workers in Shanghai, China

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-150

  Li, Wenjin ^a   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Thomas, David B ^a   Davis, Scott ^a,b   Yost, Michael ^b   Breslow, Norman ^a,b   Gao, Dao Li ^c   Fitzgibbons, E Dawn ^d   Camp, Janice E ^b   Wong, Eva ^b   Wernli, Karen J ^d   Checkoway, Harvey ^b,e  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dose response; Night shift work; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; WORK SCHEDULE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84958753249     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-014-0493-0     Document Type: Article

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