Applications of microwaves in biological sciences

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1685-1693

  Roy, Ipsita ^a   Gupta, Munishwar Nath ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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