rss
Occup Environ Med 65:1
  • Work in Brief

Work in Brief

  1. Keith Palmer, Editor

      SHIFT WORK AND HEART DISEASE

      Balance of evidence reviews suggest that shift workers are at higher risk of ischaemic heart disease. However, results from individual studies have not been wholly consistent, a variation that could be explained by bias or confounding. Investigation is hampered by potential healthy hire and survivor effects. Yadegarfar and McNamee have conducted a case-referent study nested within a male industrial cohort from the nuclear fuel industry.1 Over 600 cases who died from ischaemic heart disease were matched on age and year of hire with surviving controls, with focus on events 10 …

      [Full text of this article]

      This Article

      1. Extract
      2. Full text
      3. PDF

      Responses

      1. Submit a response
      2. No responses published

      Social bookmarking

      Free sample

      This recent issue is free to all users to allow everyone the opportunity to see the full scope and typical content of OEM.
      View free sample issue >>

      Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.