当朱迪斯·西姆科克斯的母亲被诊断为乳腺癌之后,她开始对倒班工人的健康问题产生兴趣。朱迪斯的母亲是美国蒙大拿州一名夜班护士,她保持锻炼,体重也处于健康范围,并且家族无患癌历史。朱迪斯是美国犹他大学生物化学的博士后,她发现很多研究将倒班与影响健康的疾病联系起来,比如糖尿病、癌症和高血压等。美国国家职业安全卫生研究所 After Judith Simcock’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became interested in the health problems of shift workers. Judith’s mother is a night shift nurse in Montana, where she stays active and has a healthy body weight and family history of cancer. Judith, a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry at the University of Utah, found a number of studies linking shifts to diseases that affect health, such as diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health