Light, clocks, mood, and cancer: Consolidation and novel tests of latitude and instability hypotheses

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-473

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Groß, J Valérie ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959918757     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.577542     Document Type: Letter

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