Testing the light-at-night (LAN) theory for breast cancer causation

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 653-656

  Stevens, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NOTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; UNIVERSITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053001340     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.606945     Document Type: Note

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