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# Light at night and health: the perils of rotating shift work.

Schernhammer ES & Thompson CA.

_Occup Environ Med. 68(5):310-1. doi: 10.1136/oem.2010.058222. Epub 2010 Oct 4._

2011-05-01

## Abstract

Comment on:

[Retrospective cohort study of the risk of obesity among shift workers: findings from the Industry-based Shift Workers' Health study, Japan.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20884794)

\[Occup Environ Med. 2011\]

[PubMed abstract](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921271)

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