Shift work and overall and cause-specific mortality in the Danish nurse cohort

Shift work and overall and cause-specific mortality in the Danish nurse cohort

OBJECTIVES: Evidence of an effect of shift work on all-cause and cause-specific mortality is inconsistent. This study aims to examine whether shift work is associated with increased all-cause and cause-specific mortality. METHODS: We linked 28 731 female nurses (age ≥44 years), recruited in 1993 or...

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Main Authors: Jeanette Therming Jørgensen, Sashia Karlsen, Leslie Stayner, Johnni Hansen, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2017-03-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:
cancer
cohort study
shift work
nursing
nurse
shift worker
diabetes
cause-specific mortality
alzheimer’s disease
all-cause mortality
night shift work
danish nurse cohort
dementia
psychiatric disease
cardiovascular disease
Online Access: https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3612

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