Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Early Contributions to Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems

   • James C. Lin

   Pages 1-25

3. Neurological Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation

   • Henry Lai

   Pages 27-80

4. Tissue Injury from Exposure to Power Frequency Electrical Fields

   • Raphael C. Lee

   Pages 81-127

5. Therapeutic Applications of Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields

   • Charles Polk

   Pages 129-153

6. Health Aspects of Electric and Magnetic Fields from VDTs

   • Kjell Hansson Mild, Monica Sandström

   Pages 155-183

7. Back Matter

   Pages 185-196

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Hardly any phenomenon in the modern environment is as ubiquitous as electromagnetic fields and waves. We have learned to understand the physical characteristics of these energy forms, and we have applied them in abundant ways to embellish our ways of life and our standards of living. Furthermore, we have come to depend on them for health, safety, information, comfOli, and conveyance. Apart from their intended roles, these electromagnetic fields and waves produce other effects which may influence the activities of living organisms. The effects produced depend on many physical, chemical, and biological factors. They may be grossly apparent and visible soon after exposure of the living organism or they may not appear to have influenced the organism at all upon casual examination. Even then, there may be subtle changes which are only detectable upon careful chemical or microscopic study, or which are apparent only after a considerable time delay. Nevertheless, our understanding of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with living systems is advancing in a wide range of topical areas. This bi-annual series with invited reviews by recognized leaders in their respective specialties, will present progress to date in key areas of research and scholarship. The guiding philosophy of this undertaking is the presentation of integrated, known, and confilmed phenomenological observations, basic mechanism of interactions, and applications in biology and medicine, as well as perspectives on current topics of interest.

• biomedicine
• electromagnetic
• electromagnetic fields
• living systems
• magnetic fields
• tissue

• Departments of Electrical Engineering, and of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

  James C. Lin

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