The impact of artificial light at night on human and ecosystem health: a systematic literature review

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  2020

• Venue

  Landscape Ecology

• Publication date

  2020-06-14

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10980-020-01053-1
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