In vitro field exposition of skin cells between 100 GHz and 2.52 THz

34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kleine Ostmann, T ^a   Jastrow, C ^a   Salhi, M ^a   Schrader, T ^a   Hintzsche, H ^b   Stopper, H ^b   Karst U ^c   Heinen, B ^d   Baaske, K ^d   Koch, M ^d  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; CELL TYPES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREE SPACE; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; HUMAN SKIN; IN-VITRO; THZ RADIATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SKIN; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 72749092241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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