Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research

Light Pollution: A Silent but Solvable Threat to Earth’s Ecological Balance

Document Type : Editorial

Author
Environmental Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
10.34172/jaehr.1482
Subjects

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