Handbook of biological effects of electromagnetic fields. Volume 1, Biological and medical aspects of electromagnetic fields

The new edition will discuss recent advances in computer modeling, including how fields generated outside the body are distributed inside and how various frequencies may interact differently with natural biological or biochemical cycles. It covers the basic biological, medical, physical, and electrical engineering principles and experimental results concerning how electric and magnetic fields affect biological systems―both as potential hazards to health and as potential tools for medical treatment and scientific research. It also briefly includes material on the relationship between the science and the regulatory processes concerning human exposure to the fields. The two volumes of this new edition of the Handbook cover the basic biological, medical, physical, and electrical engineering principles. They also include experimental results concerning how electric and magnetic fields affect biological systems—both as potential hazards to health and potential tools for medical treatment and scientific research. They also include material on the relationship between the science and the regulatory processes concerning human exposure to the fields. Like its predecessors, this edition is intended to be useful as a reference book but also for introducing the reader to bioelectromagnetics or some of its aspects. FEATURES • New topics include coverage of electromagnetic effects in the terahertz region, effects on plants, and explicitly applying feedback concepts to the analysis of biological electromagnetic effects • Expanded coverage of electromagnetic brain stimulation, characterization and modeling of epithelial wounds, and recent lab experiments on at all frequencies • Section on background for setting standards and precautionary principle • Discussion of recent epidemiological, laboratory, and theoretical results; including: WHO IARC syntheses of epidemiological results on both high and low frequency fields, IITRI lab study of cancer in mice exposed to cell phone-like radiation, and other RF studies • All chapters updated by internationally acknowledged experts in the field 0 Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields. 1 Experimental Results on Cellular and Subcellular Systems Exposed to Low-Frequency and Static Magnetic Fields. 2 Cellular Effects of Radio Frequency, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 3 Plant Responses to Electromagnetic Fields. 4 Evaluation of the Toxicity and Potential Oncogenicity of Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields in Laboratory Animal Models. 5 Evaluation of the Potential Oncogenicity of Radiofrequency Fields in Experimental Animal Models. 6 Biological Effects of Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves. 7 Electroporation. 8 Musculoskeletal Effects and Applications of Electromagnetic Fields. 9 Thermal Therapy Applications of Electromagnetic Energy. 10 Transcranial Magnetic and Electric Stimulation. 11 Computational Modeling of Transepithelial Endogenous Electric Signals. 12 Electrical Shock Trauma. 13 Epidemiologic Studies of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field. 14 HF Epidemiologic Studies. 15 Behavioral and Cognitive Effects of Electromagnetic Field Exposure. In the ten years since the publication of the previous edition, there have been significant changes in what is known about the biological effects of electric and magnetic fields. The new edition will incorporate these recent developments, including: the important IITRI lab study of cancer in a mice and rats exposed to cell phone-like radiation.