Artificial light at night: melatonin as a mediator between the environment and epigenome
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Artificial light at night: melatonin as a mediator between the environment and epigenome.
The adverse effects of excessive use of artificial light at night (ALAN) are becoming increasingly evident and associated with several health problems including cancer. Results of epidemiological studies revealed that the increase in breast cancer incidents co-distribute with ALAN worldwide. There is compiling evidence that suggests that melatonin suppression is linked to ALAN-induced cancer ri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0121