Comparison of the surface dimension and the mass dimension of blood vessel systems

Fractals

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Jestczemski, F ^a   Bolterauer, H ^a   Sernetz, M ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 2842577437     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X96000170     Document Type: Review

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