Shift work with and without night shifts and breast cancer risk in a cohort study from Finland
Conclusions
This study provides support for an increased risk of breast cancer among elderly shift workers. However, insufficient information on exposure and intensity of night work may attenuate the risk estimates.
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Härmä, M., Ojajärvi, A., Koskinen, A., Lie, J.-A., Hansen, J. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research
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