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Outdoor Light at Night and Breast Cancer Incidence in the Nurses’ Health Study II

BACKGROUND: Animal and epidemiologic studies suggest that exposure to light at night (LAN) may disrupt circadian patterns and decrease nocturnal secretion of melatonin, which may disturb estrogen regulation, leading to increased breast cancer risk. OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between res...

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Autores principales: James, Peter, Bertrand, Kimberly A., Hart, Jaime E., Schernhammer, Eva S., Tamimi, Rulla M., Laden, Francine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Environmental Health Perspectives 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP935