An introduction to human biophoton emission

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-83

  Van Wijk, Roeland ^a,b,c   Van Wijk, Eduard P A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Institute of Biophysics   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Biophotons; Consciousness; Skin; Ultraweak photon emission

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGING; BIOPHYSICS; CHINA; CONSCIOUSNESS; HAND; HUMANS; KOREA; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PERIODICITY; PHOTONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20944435456     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083763     Document Type: Review

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