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Rotating night shift work and the risk of ischemic stroke.
Rotating night shift work disrupts circadian rhythms and is associated with coronary heart disease. The relation between rotating night shift work and ischemic stroke is unclear. The Nurses' Health Study, an ongoing cohort study of registered female nurses, assessed in 1988 the total number of years the nurses had worked rotating night shifts. The majority (69%) of stroke outcomes from 1988 to ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0355-3140,1795-990X
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1165