Biophotons: Ultraweak light emission from living systems

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-193

  Devaraj, Balasigamani ^a   Usa, Masashi ^a   Inaba, Humio ^a,b  

^a Biophotonics Info Laboratories   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0005390909     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-0286(97)80064-2     Document Type: Article

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