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The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
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Testing the Light-at-Night (LAN) Theory for Breast Cancer Causation

Pages 653-656 | Received 20 Jun 2011, Accepted 18 Jul 2011, Published online: 19 Sep 2011

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