Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 827(2025)

A case-control study on association between shift work and type 2 diabetes mellitus

LIU Can1, FAN Jing1, WU Weile2, LIANG Wenjiong2, LIAN Yulong3、*, and GUAN Suzhen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Public Health/Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, China
  • 2General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, China
  • 3School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, China
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    Received: Oct. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: LIAN Yulong (lianyulong444@163.com)

    DOI:10.11836/jeom24505

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