Nuclear microscopy in the life sciences at the National University of Singapore: A review

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 71-72, Issue , 1999, Pages 65-76

  Ren, M Q ^a   Thong, P S P ^a   Makjanic, J ^a   Ponraj, D ^a   Watt, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atherosclerosis; Cellular composition; Epilepsy; Parkinson's disease; Proton induced X ray emission; Rutherford back scattering spectrometry; Scanning transmission ion microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SINGAPORE; SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNIVERSITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033403726     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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