Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields: Problems in Practice

Historical Development of the Study of the Effects of ELF Fields.- Criteria for Electric, Magnetic or Electromagnetic Field Bioeffects Investigations.- Physical Description of Exposure to Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields.- Natural and Man-Made Environmental Exposures to Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields.- Mechanisms for Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields.- Biological Effects of Stationary Magnetic Fields.- Effects of DC Magnetic Fields on Behaviour.- Preliminary Observations: the Effects of a Static Magnetic Field on Chick Embryo Growth.- Dosimetry for Extremely Low-Frequency Electric Fields.- Mathematical Models of Bodies Exposed to ELF Fields and Scaling Criteria.- Dosimetric Probes and Concept of Dose for Power Frequency Electric Field Exposures.- Instrumentation for Measurement of Power Frequency Electromagnetic Fields.- Dipole Antenna for ELF EMF Measurements.- Biophysical Principles of the Interaction of ELF Fields with Living Matter: I. Properties and Mechanisms.- Biophysical Principles of the Interaction of ELF- Fields with Living Matter: II. Coupling Considerations and Forces.- Interaction of ELF Electromagnetic Fields with Cell Membrane Receptors.- Interactions of ELF-Fields with Excitable Tissues.- Synchronization of Neural Firing Patterns by Relatively Weak ELF Fields.- Effect of Low Frequency Pulsing Electromagnetic Fields on the Response of Human Normal and Leukemic Lymphocytes to Lectins.- Effects Induced “in vitro” by Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (E.L.F.) on Blastogenesis of Human Lymphocytes and on Thromboxane B-2-Release by Ionophore-Stimulated Neutrophils.- Experimental Evidence of Superconducting Properties in Human Ceruloplasmin.- Biological Effects of Electric Fields: an Overview.- The Effect of High Intensity(50–60 Hz) Electric Fields on Animals.- Physiological Studies of Monkeys in Electric and Magnetic Fields at ELF Frequencies.- Behavioral Studies of Monkeys in Electric and Magnetic Fields at ELF Frequencies.- Effect of ELF Fields on Bone Growth and Fracture Repair.- The Electromagnetic Environment and the Circadian Rhythms of Human Subjects.- Hematological and Biochemical Effects of ELF Fields in Man - Laboratory Experiments.- Medical Control of Employees in the Electrical Industry Exposed to Low Frequency Electric Fields.- An Epidemiological Investigation of HV Substation Workers: Study Design and Preliminary Results.- Epidemiologic Studies of Persons Exposed to Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields: A Critical Analysis.- Epidemiological Studies on Effects of Exposure to ELF Electromagnetic Fields.- Some Thoughts on the Socio-Political Aspects of Radiation Protection.- Some Considerations About “Philia” and “Phobia” in Radioprotection.- Health Risk Assessment of Static and ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields.- Standards on Static and ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields and Their Scientific Basis.- Participants.