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Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 32, 2015 - Issue 5
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Letter to the Editor

Civil time ≠ biological time: Recent options for empirically testing possible effects of chronodisruption

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Pages 697-698 | Received 26 Nov 2014, Accepted 20 Dec 2014, Published online: 23 Mar 2015

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