American Journal of Industrial Medicine – The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of breast cancer due to shift work among Canadian women. The study authors found that 470 to 1200 incident breast cancer cases in 2011 were likely due to shift work, of which 38% would have been diagnosed among women in health‐related occupations.
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