Labour Research (April 2005)

Health & Safety Matters

Work stress can give women diabetes

Women who experience stress and have little control over their work could be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

However, Emilie Agardh from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found no such connection between stress, work control and diabetes in men. She has called for more research to be carried out.


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