About the continuity of our consciousness

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 115-132

  Van Lommel, Pim ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEATH; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LIFE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 1842502741     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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