Effects of the menstrual cycle on the red and near-infrared optical properties of the human breast

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-391

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   D'Andrea, Cosimo ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a   Valentini, Gianluca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

OXY;

EID: 0034286882     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0383:EOTMCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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