A study on biological effects of low-intensity millimeter waves

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4 I, 2002, Pages 1489-1496

  Yu, Guofen ^a,b   Coln, Elizabeth A ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a   Gellerman, Merica ^c   Fox, Paula ^c   Rec, Laura ^c   Beebe, Stephen J ^c   Liu, Shenggang ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Biological effects; DNA; E. coli; Growth rate; Low intensity millimeter waves; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PLASMID TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0037272413     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.804179     Document Type: Article

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