(1) Department of Occupational Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;(2) Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;(3) Private practice, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
Background
Some medical disorders have higher prevalence in shift workers than others. This study was designed to evaluate the effect
of night-shift-working on total plasma antioxidant capacity, with respect to the causative role of oxidative stress in induction
of some of these disorders.