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Investigating the Dose Parameters of Low-Level Laser Therapy to Optimize Therapeutic Efficacy

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 31 (2025): Issue 4 (December 2025)
By: Kawthar Shurrab  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2025-0035 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 303 - 310
Submitted on: May 1, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 26, 2025
Published on: Dec 1, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Low-Level Laser Therapy,
Doses,
Photobiomodulation,
Medical Applications,
Treatment
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

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