Shift work, chronotype, and melatonin patterns among female hospital employees on day and night shifts

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 830-838

  Leung, Michael ^a   Tranmer, Joan ^a,b   Hung, Eleanor ^a   Korsiak, Jill ^a   Day, Andrew G ^a,c   Aronson, Kristan J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELISA KIT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTOR;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84965126647     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1178     Document Type: Article

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