Melatonin and sex hormones among rotating shift nurses
Background: In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift-work involving circadian disruption as a “probable carcinogen.” One proposed pathway for this relationship involves nighttime light exposure and subsequent decreases in melatonin production. It is postulated that m...
Main Author: | LANGLEY, ANNIE |
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Other Authors: | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)) |
Language: | en en |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6044 |
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