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Shift Work And Vascular Events: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Manav V Vyas, Amit X Garg, Arthur V Iansavichus, John Costella, Allan Donner, Lars E Laugsand, Imre Janszky, Marko Mrkobrada, Grace Parraga, Daniel G Hackam
Shift Work And Vascular Events: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Manav V Vyas, Amit X Garg, Arthur V Iansavichus, John Costella, Allan Donner, Lars E Laugsand, Imre Janszky, Marko Mrkobrada, Grace Parraga, Daniel G Hackam
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OBJECTIVE: To synthesise the association of shift work with major vascular events as reported in the literature.
DATA SOURCES: Systematic searches of major bibliographic databases, contact with experts in the field, and review of reference lists of primary articles, review papers, and guidelines.
STUDY SELECTION: Observational studies that reported risk ratios for vascular morbidity, vascular mortality, or all cause mortality in relation to shift work were included; control groups could be non-shift ("day") workers or the general population.
DATA EXTRACTION: Study quality was assessed with the Downs and Black scale for observational studies. The three primary outcomes were myocardial infarction, …