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Rotating Night Shifts and Risk of Breast Cancer in Women Participating in the Nurses' Health Study

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2001 · Vol. 93(20) · pp. 1563–1568

Eva Schernhammer✉(Brigham and Women's Hospital)F. LadenFrank E. SpeizerWC WillettDavid J. HunterIzumi KawachiGraham A. Colditz

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Abstract

Women who work on rotating night shifts with at least three nights per month, in addition to days and evenings in that month, appear to have a moderately increased risk of breast cancer after extended periods of working rotating night shifts.

Circadian rhythm and melatonin Nutritional Studies and Diet Sleep and Work-Related FatigueBreast cancerMedicineConfoundingRelative riskNight workConfidence intervalDemographyLogistic regressionNurses' Health StudyShift work

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AdultBreast NeoplasmsCircadian RhythmFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLightLightingMelatoninMiddle AgedNursesPineal GlandSurveys and QuestionnairesRiskRisk Factors

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