Consequences of Shift Work and Night Work: A Literature Review. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Nonstandard work schedules such as shift work and night work tend to trigger problems for workers in different areas. To illustrate the diversity of areas affected and the relative interest of the scientific community, we conducted a literature review of
Silva I, Costa D.
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Shift and night work during pregnancy and preterm birth-a cohort study of Swedish health care employees. [PDF]
Int J Epidemiol, 2022 Background Previous studies of preterm birth (PTB) concerning night work have been inconclusive and partly limited by imprecise data on working schedules.
Kader M +8 more
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Night Work, Rotating Shift Work, and the Risk of Cancer in Japanese Men and Women: The JACC Study. [PDF]
J Epidemiol, 2021 Background Limited epidemiological evidence has suggested a positive relationship between night shift work and the risk of cancer. Herein, we investigated the prospective association between different forms of work schedule and the risk of numerous ...
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Night work, mortality, and the link to occupational group and sex [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020 OBJECTIVE: Night shifts are associated with several major diseases. Mortality has been studied only to a limited extent, and the association with night shifts remains unclear.
Torbjörn Åkerstedt +2 more
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Night work, long work weeks, and risk of accidental injuries. A register-based study
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to (i) investigate the association between night work or long work weeks and the risk of accidental injuries and (ii) test if the association is affected by age, sex or socioeconomic status.
Ann Dyreborg Larsen +8 more
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Daytime eating prevents mood vulnerability in night work. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Shift workers have a 25 to 40% higher risk of depression and anxiety partly due to a misalignment between the central circadian clock and daily environmental/behavioral cycles that may negatively affect mood and emotional well-being.
Qian J +7 more
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Daytime eating prevents internal circadian misalignment and glucose intolerance in night work. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2021 Appropriate meal timing, despite mistimed sleep, maintains internal circadian alignment and prevents glucose intolerance.
Chellappa SL +17 more
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The Impact of Night Work on the Sleep and Health of Medical Staff-A Review of the Latest Scientific Reports. [PDF]
J Clin MedIntroduction: Employees working in shifts are exposed to many threats affecting their health, quality of life and safety at work. Those who perform their work only at night are particularly vulnerable.
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Night Work and Breast Cancer Risk in Nurses: Multifactorial Risk Analysis. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary The incidence of breast cancer worldwide has increased in recent decades in women, and shift work, which implies night work, has been identified as a likely carcinogenic factor for humans due to the biological and lifestyle alterations it ...
Gómez-Salgado J +5 more
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Night-shift work is associated with increased pain perception
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017 OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to determine whether shift workers exhibit increased perception of experimentally induced pain after working night shifts.
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