Journal article
Domestic light at night and breast cancer risk: a prospective analysis of 105 000 UK women in the Generations Study
- Abstract:
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Background: Circadian disruption caused by exposure to light at night (LAN) has been proposed as a risk factor for breast cancer and a reason for secular increases in incidence. Studies to date have largely been ecological or case-control in design and findings have been mixed.
Methods: We investigated the relationship between LAN and breast cancer risk in the UK Generations Study. Bedroom light levels and sleeping patterns at age 20 and at study recruitment were obtained by questi...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Institute of Cancer Research
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Breast Cancer Now
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cancer Research UK Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Cancer Journal website
- Volume:
- 118
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- pages 600–606
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-09-14
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1532-1827
- ISSN:
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0007-0920
- Pmid:
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29360812
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:821439
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uuid:6a4095a7-29a3-4ca9-9daa-39f039b2ed48
- Local pid:
- pubs:821439
- Source identifiers:
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821439
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Johns, et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © Johns, et al, 2018. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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