Shift work, cancer and "white-box" epidemiology: Association and causation

Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Erren, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 78649480131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-5573-7-11     Document Type: Review

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