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IJE Advance Access originally published online on April 20, 2009
International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(3):854-855; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp190
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Metabolic syndrome as a result of shift work exposure?

Bernt Karlsson

Department of Work and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden.

E-mail: bernt.karlsson@vll.se

Accepted 6 March 2009

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Abnormalities in circulating lipids, body fat and body fat distribution have been repeatedly reported in shift workers. However, not all findings are consistent, and few researchers have examined the impact of shift work on the composite that forms the ‘metabolic syndrome’. Even though clinicians had occasionally observed changes in individual components of the metabolic syndrome, they did not combine these measures to obtain an overall view. Their aim was to cure the patients’ symptoms or to manage single adverse biochemical findings. Further, nearly all previous . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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