Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/ije/dyp178PMID 19380369PMCID PMC2734067
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