Magnetic nanoparticles as targeted delivery systems in oncology

Sara Prijic; Gregor Sersa

doi:10.2478/v10019-011-0001-z

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Magnetic nanoparticles as targeted delivery systems in oncology

Radiology and Oncology

Volume 45 (2011): Issue 1 (March 2011)

By: Sara Prijic and Gregor Sersa

Open Access

|Jan 2011

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