Comparative photophysical study of disulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine in unilamellar vesicles and leukemic K562 cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Dhami, Suman ^a   Rumbles, Garry ^a   MacRobert, Alexander J ^b   Phillips, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031050525     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01881.x     Document Type: Article

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