Deep significance of the field concept in contemporary biomedical sciences

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Jerman, Igor ^a   Krašovec, Rok ^a   Leskovar, Robert T ^a  

^a The Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biological reductionism; Endogenous coherent EMF; Morphogenetic filed; Organicism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES; BIOLOGICAL REDUCTIONISM; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE; BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; CELLULAR PROCESS; CENTRAL-ENTITY; EM FIELD; ENDOGENOUS COHERENT EMF; MORPHOGENETIC FILED; ORGANICISM; THEORY OF EVOLUTION;

CELL MEMBRANES;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIVISION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIVISION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 67749145330     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802711060     Document Type: Article

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