Pulsed and cw laser fluorescence spectra from cancerous, normal, and chemically treated normal human breast and lung tissues

Applied Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 2337-2342

  Tang, G C ^a   Pradhan, Asima ^a   Sha, Wenling ^a   Chen, J ^a   Liu, C H ^a   Wahl, S J ^b   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0001316059     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.28.002337     Document Type: Article

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