Shift work and cancer: more research needed from low and middle income countries

Correspondence to Dr J Valérie Groß, Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Prevention Research, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne D-50937, Germany; juliane.gross@uk-koeln.de In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2019-01, Vol.76 (1), p.70-70
Main Authors: Groß, J Valérie, Fritschi, Lin, Erren, Thomas C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Cancer
Carcinogens
Circadian rhythms
Disruption
Health risk assessment
Health risks
High income
Income
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Medicine
Public health
Shift work
Studies
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Summary:Correspondence to Dr J Valérie Groß, Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Prevention Research, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne D-50937, Germany; juliane.gross@uk-koeln.de In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work that involves circadian disruption as probably carcinogenic to humans. [...]today the question ‘Are there causal relationships between shift work, circadian disruption and cancer?’ is open. [...]studies such as the one by Wendeu-Foyet et al1 are important to investigate this presumed association with potential high relevance for occupational medicine and public health. Overall, exploring associations between shift work and cancer in high-income countries only could lead to false or biased estimates of the adverse health effects, and consequently the global burden of diseases resulting from shift work.
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oemed-2018-105457