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

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Authors

Eva Schernhammer · Brigham and Women's Hospital

F. Laden

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.

Topics & Keywords

Circadian rhythm and melatonin Nutritional Studies and Diet Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 93, Issue 20, pp. 1563-1568

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.20.1563

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