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Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
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Perinatal photoperiod and childhood cancer: pooled results from 182,856 individuals in the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C)

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Pages 1034-1047 | Received 16 Jan 2020, Accepted 04 Mar 2020, Published online: 01 Apr 2020

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