Shift work and the incidence of prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up of a German population-based cohort study

• Main Authors: Thomas Behrens (Author), Sylvia Rabstein (Author), Katharina Wichert (Author), Raimund Erbel (Author), Lewin Eisele (Author), Marina Arendt (Author), Nico Dragano (Author), Thomas Brüning (Author), Karl-Heinz Jöckel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association of shift and night work with the incidence of prostate cancer using data of the population-based prospective Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study from the highly industrialized Ruhr area in Germany. METHODS: Participants of the baseline survey were recruited between...