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

• Main Authors: Jeanette Therming Jørgensen (Author), Sashia Karlsen (Author), Leslie Stayner (Author), Johnni Hansen (Author), Zorana Jovanovic Andersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...