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Ron H. Douglas
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The City University, London, UK
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Johan Moan
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The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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F. Dall’Acqua
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University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Table of contents (59 chapters)
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Phototherapy of Hyperbilirubinemia
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- Terje Christensen, Anne Støttum, Gunnar Brunborg, Jon B. Reitan
Pages 153-159
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Phototherapy
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- Brian E. Johnson, Cathy Green, Thiruvellor Lakshmipathi, James Ferguson
Pages 173-179
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- A. Tanew, B. Ortel, H. Hönigsmann
Pages 183-188
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- Erhard Hölzle, Renate von Kries, Angela Höveler
Pages 189-193
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Laser Angioplasty
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- Jonathan A Michaels, Frank W Cross, Timothy J Bowker, Stephen G Bown
Pages 195-202
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Photochemistry
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- Pierre Tachon, Paolo U. Giacomoni
Pages 211-217
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UV Effects
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- G. Ciarrocchi, A. Montecucco, G. Pedrali-Noy, S. Spadari
Pages 219-226
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- Thomas C. Brown, Peter A. Cerutti
Pages 227-232
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- Geneviève Hilgers, Jan Cornelis, Peter Abrahams, Ron Schouten, Alex van der Eb, Jean Rommelaere
Pages 233-240
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Photototoxicology
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- G. M. J. Beijersbergen van Henegouwen, R. W. Busker, H. de Vries, S. A. Schoonderwoerd
Pages 261-265
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- G. M. J. Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
Pages 267-272
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Photoimmunology
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- Thomas Schwarz, Agatha Urbanski, Fritz Gschnait, Thomas A. Luger
Pages 285-292
About this book
Almost all life depends on light for its survival. It is the ultimate basis for the food we eat (photosynthesis), and many organisms make use of it in basic sensory mechanisms for guiding their behaviour, be it through the complex process of vision, or by the relatively more simple photosens itivity of microorganis~urthermore, light has profound implications for the field of medicine, both as a cause of disease (ie UV damage of DNA), and as a therapeutic agent (ie photodynamic therapy). These and other processes are the basis for the science of photobiolog~ which could be defined as the study of the effects of (visible and ultraviolet) light (from both the sun and artificial sources) on living matter. By its very nature, therefore, it is a multidisciplinary science involving branches of biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. This book contains a selection of papers which have been chosen to highlight recent advances in the various disciplines that make up photo biology. Although no book on photobiology can hope to be comprehensive, we hope that this volume includes a representative sample of much of what is new in the field. It is, however, inevitable that some areas will be better represented than others reflecting the biases of conference org anisers and editors.
Editors and Affiliations
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The City University, London, UK
Ron H. Douglas
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The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Johan Moan
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University of Padua, Padua, Italy
F. Dall’Acqua