Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Shift Work and Obesity among Canadian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Novel Exposure Assessment Tool. |
| Authors: |
Natalie McGlynn, Victoria A Kirsh, Michelle Cotterchio, M Anne Harris, Victoria Nadalin, Nancy Kreiger |
| Source: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 9, p e0137561 (2015) |
| Publisher Information: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015. |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: |
Medicine, Science |
| More Details: |
It has been suggested that the association between shift work and chronic disease is mediated by an increase in obesity. However, investigations of the relationship between shift work and obesity reveal mixed findings. Using a recently developed exposure assessment tool, this study examined the association between shift work and obesity among Canadian women from two studies: a cohort of university alumni, and a population-based study.Self-administered questionnaire data were used from healthy, currently employed females in a population-based study, the Ontario Women's Diet and Health case-control study (n = 1611 controls), and from a subset of a of university alumni from the Canadian Study of Diet, Lifestyle, and Health (n = 1097) cohort study. Overweight was defined as BMI≥25 to |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| Relation: |
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4573513?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0137561 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/efba1e9005aa47ad9f46436ca9cf298c |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fba1e9005aa47ad9f46436ca9cf298c |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
