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New Topics in Photobiology

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The Science of Photobiology

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The highlighting of new topics in photobiology, or of new advances in older subspecialties of photobiology, is meant to call to the attention of the reader those areas of photobiology which, in this author’s view, offer unusual opportunities for exciting research in the coming years. Additional examples are also given in the Conclusion sections of the preceding chapters.

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Smith, K.C. (1977). New Topics in Photobiology. In: Smith, K.C. (eds) The Science of Photobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1713-5_15

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