Electromagnetic Biointeraction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Some Basic Definitions and Concepts

   • G. d’Ambrosio

   Pages 1-10

3. Advances in RF Dosimetry: Their Past and Projected Impact on the Safety Standards

   • Om P. Gandhi

   Pages 11-26

4. Interaction Mechanisms at Microscopic Level

   • Paolo Bernardi, Guglielmo D’Inzeo

   Pages 27-57

5. Biological Effects of Radiofrequency

   • Stephen F. Cleary

   Pages 59-79

6. Electromagnetic Fields and Neoplasms

   • Stanislaw Szmigielski, Jerzy Gil

   Pages 81-98

7. Worldwide Public and Occupational Radiofrequency and Microwave Protection Guides

   • Martino Grandolfo, Kjell Hansson Mild

   Pages 99-134

8. The Rationale for the Eastern European Radiofrequency and Microwave Protection Guides

   • Stanislaw Szmigielski, Tadeusz Obara

   Pages 135-151

9. Existing Safety Standards for High Voltage Transmission Lines

   • Martino Grandolfo, Paolo Vecchia

   Pages 153-173

10. Instrumentation for Electromagnetic Fields Exposure Evaluation and its Accuracy

    • Santi Tofani, Motohisa Kanda

    Pages 175-191

11. Numerical Methods

    • Om P. Gandhi

    Pages 193-214

12. Back Matter

    Pages 215-223

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This book collects the revised lectures held at Capri (Italy) in the period 2-6 May, 1988 in occasion of the International Course on "Worldwide Nonionizing Radiation Safety Standards: Their Rationales and Problems". The Course was organized by IRECE (Institute for Research in Electromagnetism and Electronic Components) of CNR (Italian National Council for Research) and was directed by professors Giorgio Franceschetti and Om P. Gandhi. The idea for this course arose from the continuing wide disparity in the electromagnetic (EM) radiation safety standards worldwide, and the confusion that this has caused in the public mind. The safety guidelines in the western countries have been nearly three orders of magnitude greater than the safety levels in the Eastern European countries. Even though the former have been slightly reduced and the latter have been increased somewhat in recent years, there is still a wide gap in the EM safety standards that are used. With the ever increasing use of EM energy the public is becoming increasingly aware of and concerned about the potential biohazards of EM fields. This problem is compounded by inadequate knowledge of nonthermal mechanisms of interaction of EM fields with biological systems. The lecturers for the Course were the recognized leaders in their respective areas within the discipline of Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields.

• Europe
• electromagnetic field
• electromagnetic fields
• electromagnetism
• high voltage
• magnetism
• mechanism
• mechanisms
• microwave
• numerical method
• protection
• radiation
• research
• safety
• transmission

• CNR-IRECE, Naples, Italy

  Giorgio Franceschetti

• University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

  Om P. Gandhi

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

  Martino Grandolfo

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