Night shift work characteristics and 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (MT6s) in rotating night shift nurses and midwives.

Abstract

The results of this study indicate that working eight or more night shifts per month may disrupt the synthesis of melatonin.

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Publication date

2012-04-16

Journal

Occupational and environmental medicine
Occup Environ Med (1470-7926)

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Language

Eng.

Copyright

Occupational and environmental medicine

Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland. beatap [at] imp.lodz.pl

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Occup Environ Med. 2012 May;69(5):339-46

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