Shift work and cancer: the evidence and the challenge.

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Published in Dtsch Arztebl Int on September 24, 2010

Authors

Thomas C Erren1, Puran Falaturi, Peter Morfeld, Peter Knauth, Russel J Reiter, Claus Piekarski

Author Affiliations

1: Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeitsmedizin, Umweltmedizin und Präventionsforschung, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany. tim.erren@uni-koeln.de

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