Low-intensity millimeter waves as a novel therapeutic modality

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Pakhomov, Andrei G ^a   Murphy, Michael R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; DNA; ENZYMES; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

RADIATION INTENSITY; SPECIFIC BIOEFFECTS; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0033739325     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842821     Document Type: Article

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