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- IARC monographs programme finds cancer hazards associated with shiftwork, painting and firefighting, 2007, International Agency for Research on Cancer. More information here.
- Working harder - working dangerously?, in Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 168, pp. 614–616. More information here.
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