Word: kawachi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...increased risk appears to be the result of greater pressure on the body caused by the inconsistent sleeping patterns of rotating shift workers, said Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, assistant professor at the School of Public Health...
...Shift work is a kind of stress," Kawachi said. "It disrupts the body's circadian rhythms. You lose sleep. The body responds by pumping out hormones like adrenaline and cortisone...
...study found that female shift workers tend to smoke and drink more and are more overweight than non-shift workers, factors which increase the risk for heart disease, Kawachi said...
...Kawachi said researchers adjusted for these contingencies in their interpretation of the data. "That's really the power of this study over others," Richardson said...