Electromagnetic radiation in modern medicine: Physical and biophysical properties

Polish Annals of Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-142

  Sowa, Pawel ^a   Rutkowska Talipska, Joanna ^b   Sulkowska, Urszula ^c   Rutkowski, Krzysztof ^d   Rutkowski, Ryszard ^b  

^a Stanislaw Staszic College of Public Administration   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Medicine; Modern; PhysicalBiophysical; Properties; Radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPTON EFFECT; COSMIC RADIATION; DECELERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LASER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; VIBRATION; X RAY;

EID: 84867706784     PISSN: 12308013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poamed.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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