Associations between rotating night shifts, sleep duration, and telomere length in women.

Telomere length has been proposed as a marker of aging. However, our knowledge of lifestyle risk factors determining telomere length is limited.We evaluated the associations between years of rotating night shifts, self-reported sleep duration, and telomere length in 4,117 female participants from th...

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Main Authors: Geyu Liang, Eva Schernhammer, Lu Qi, Xiang Gao, Immaculata De Vivo, Jiali Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3154494?pdf=render