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Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging: a feasibility study

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Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging: a feasibility study. / Chau, David Y. S.; Dennis, Anthony R.; Lin, Hungyen et al.
In: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2016, p. 200-207.

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Chau, DYS, Dennis, AR, Lin, H, Zeitler, JA & Tunnacliffe, A 2016, 'Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging: a feasibility study', Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 200-207. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389201017666151029105941

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Chau, D. Y. S., Dennis, A. R., Lin, H., Zeitler, J. A., & Tunnacliffe, A. (2016). Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging: a feasibility study. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 17(2), 200-207. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389201017666151029105941

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Chau DYS, Dennis AR, Lin H, Zeitler JA, Tunnacliffe A. Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging: a feasibility study. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2016;17(2):200-207. doi: 10.2174/1389201017666151029105941

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Chau, David Y. S. ; Dennis, Anthony R. ; Lin, Hungyen et al. / Determination of water content in dehydrated mammalian cells using terahertz pulsed imaging : a feasibility study. In: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2016 ; Vol. 17, No. 2. pp. 200-207.

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