Adaptation to Night Shifts and Synchronisation Processes of Night Workers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1345-3475,1347-5355
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.20.215