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Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-380

  Haim, Abraham ^a   Kloog, Itai ^a,c   Rennert, Hedy S ^b   Portnov, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 79955644810     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.566090     Document Type: Letter

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