Combined effects of circularly polarized microwaves and ethidium bromide on E. coli cells

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Ushakov, Vadim L ^a   Shcheglov, Victor S ^a   Belyaev, Igor Y ^a,b   Harms Ringdahl, Mats ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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