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Research Article

Circadian Time Organization of Professional Firemen: Desynchronization—Tau Differing from 24.0 Hours—Documented by Longitudinal Self-assessment of 16 Variables

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Pages 1050-1065 | Received 07 Jan 2013, Accepted 29 Apr 2013, Published online: 14 Aug 2013

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