Light at night and breast cancer risk among California teachers

• Published in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 25; no. 5; p. 697
• Main Authors: Hurley, Susan, Goldberg, Debbie, Nelson, David, Hertz, Andrew, Horn-Ross, Pamela L, Bernstein, Leslie, Reynolds, Peggy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Breast Neoplasms - etiology; California; Circadian Rhythm; Faculty; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lighting - adverse effects; Middle Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Registries; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Sleep; Surveys and Questionnaires; California

There is convincing evidence that circadian disruption mediated by exposure to light at night promotes mammary carcinogenesis in rodents. The role that light at night plays in human breast cancer etiology remains unknown. We evaluated the relationship between estimates of indoor and outdoor light at...