International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 8 , Pages 1021-1027 , August 2010

The association between shift duty and abnormal eating behavior among nurses working in a major hospital: A cross-sectional study

Received 9 September 2009 ,Revised 9 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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 The abstract of this article was accepted by the 2nd China Health Education and Health Promotion Conference cum the 1st Shenzhen International Health Preserving and protection Forum (Shenzhen, 2009).

PII: S0020-7489(10)00002-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.01.001

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 8 , Pages 1021-1027 , August 2010