Night shift work and breast cancer incidence: Three prospective studies and meta-analysis of published studies

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Travis, Ruth C ^a   Balkwill, Angela ^a   Fensom, Georgina K ^a   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Wang, Xiao Si ^a   Roddam, Andrew W ^b   Gathani, Toral ^c   Peto, Richard ^a   Green, Jane ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NIGHT WORK; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016015927     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw169     Document Type: Article

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