Optical radiation in modern medicine

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 246-251

  Sowa, Paweł ^a   Rutkowska Talipska, Joanna ^a   Rutkowski, Krzysztof ^b   Kosztyła Hojna, Bozena ^a   Rutkowski, Ryszard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

Infrared; Medicine; Optical; Radiation; Ultraviolet; Visible

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALTITUDE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LATITUDE; LIGHT; MENTAL DISEASE; OPTICS; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION; REVIEW; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84885976123     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2013.37035     Document Type: Review

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