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Letter to the Editor

Light, Clocks, Mood, and Cancer: Consolidation and Novel Tests of Latitude and Instability Hypotheses

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Pages 471-473 | Received 04 Mar 2011, Accepted 24 Mar 2011, Published online: 01 Jul 2011

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