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Mortazavi, S.M.J. Comment on 'Domestic light at night and breast cancer risk: a prospective analysis of 105 000 UK women in the Generations Study'. Br J Cancer 118, 1536 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0060-7

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