Open AccessThe relationship between current and former shift work and the metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Sampsa Puttonen,
Katriina Viitasalo,
Mikko Härmä
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3267
Subject(s) - shift work , confidence interval , medicine , metabolic syndrome , odds ratio , demography , alcohol consumption , obesity , biochemistry , chemistry , alcohol , psychiatry , sociology
The occurrence of possible health hazards among former shift workers is not well-known. We studiedassociations of former and current shift work with the metabolic syndrome (MetS).