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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82203579, 82271528), the Peking University Sixth Hospital Scientific Research Cultivation Fund (PY21003), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC0863700, 2019YFA0706200) and the National Programs for Brain Science and Brain-like Intelligence Technology of China (2021ZD0200800, 2021ZD0200700). This study was conducted using the UK Biobank resource (Application Number 48344). We are grateful to all participants and researchers involved in this prospective cohort.
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Tian, S., Huangfu, L., Ai, S. et al. Causal relationships between chronotype and risk of multiple cancers by using longitudinal data and Mendelian randomization analysis. Sci. China Life Sci. 66, 2433–2436 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2315-5
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