The Dynamics of Laser-Induced Changes in Human Skin Autofluorescence - Experimental Measurements and Theoretical Modeling

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-236

  Zeng, Haishan ^a   MacAulay, Calum ^a   McLean, David I ^b   Palcic, Branko ^a   Lui, Harvey ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SKIN;

EID: 0032134951     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02494.x     Document Type: Article

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