Open AccessNightshift work job exposure matrices and urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among healthy Chinese women
Author(s) -
Bu Tian Ji,
Yu Tang Gao,
Xiao Ou Shu,
Gong Yang,
Kai Yu,
Shou Zheng Xue,
Hong Lan Li,
Linda M. Liao,
Aaron Blair,
Nathaniel Rothman,
Zheng Wang,
Wong Ho Chow
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.3322
Subject(s) - urine , morning , shift work , medicine , confidence interval , melatonin , urinary system , creatinine , work (physics) , geometric mean , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Six-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) is a primary urinary metabolite of melatonin. We examined theassociation between aMT6s levels and shift work estimated by a job exposure matrix (JEM) among healthy participants ofthe Shanghai Women's Health Study.