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CRC Handbook of Biological Effects of Electromagnetic
Fields, Second Edition

Editors -

Charles Polk
University of Rhode Island, Kingston

and Elliot Postow
National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants, Bethesda, Maryland

The first edition of this book has been recognized as the standard reference on biological effects of
electric and magnetic fields from DC to microwaves. But much has changed in this science since the
book's original publication in 1986. With contributions from eighteen leading research workers, this
latest edition includes authoritative discussions of many new developments and will quickly become
the new, must-have resource handbook.

Dielectric properties of biological tissue are thoroughly examined, followed by chapters on physical
mechanisms and biological effects of static and extremely low frequency magnetic fields. New
chapters on topics that were treated very briefly in the first edition now receive extensive treatment.
These topics include electric and magnetic fields for bone and soft tissue repair, electroporation, and
epidemiology of ELF health effects.

The chapter on computer methods for predicting field intensity has been substantially revised to
describe new numerical techniques developed within the last few years and includes calculations of
power absorbed in the human head from cellular telephones. The chapter discussing experimental
results on RF interaction with living matter now contains information on effects of very high power,
very short duration pulses.

A new appendix on safety standards is based on the latest publications of governmental, as well as
quasi-governmental organizations (such as the U.S. Council on Radiation Protection) in the United
States, Europe, and Australia. With all its revisions, this updated version of the CRC Handbook of
Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields provides the most comprehensive overview
available of this rapidly changing science.

Features

• New chapters on electric and magnetic fields in bone and soft tissue repair, electroporation,
  and epidemiology of health effects of electromagnetic fields
• Completely revised chapter describes new numerical (computer) methods for predicting
  induced fields in animals and humans, with applications to fields induced by cellular telephones
• Many other chapters have been substantially changed to incorporate new developments
• Includes up-to-date safety standards
• Provides concise discussions that can be followed easily by the non-specialist
• Authors differentiate between what is clearly established, what is suggested by available evidence without being convincingly proven, and what is conjecture at the present time

Audience

Biophysicists, health physicists, environmental health specialists, epidemiologists, cancer researchers,
and biomedical engineers

Contents

• Foreword
  C. Polk and E. Postow
• Introduction
  C. Polk
• Dielectric Permittivity and Electric Conductivity of Biological Materials
• Dielectric Properties of Tissue
  K.R. Foster and H.P. Schwan
• Effects of DC and Low Frequency Fields
• Interaction of DC and ELF Electric Fields with Living Matter - Physical Mechanisms
  F. Barnes
• Biological Effects of Static Magnetic Fields
  R.B. Frankel and R.P. Liburdy
• Interaction of ELF Magnetic Fields with Living Matter
  T. Tenforde
• Electric and Magnetic Fields for Bone and Soft Tissue Repair
  C. Polk
• Electroporation (Theory, Experiments, and Applications in Biotechnology)
  J. Weaver
• Epidemiology of ELF Health Effects
  R.G. Stevens
• Effects of Radio Frequency (Including Microwave Fields)
• Experimental Radiowave and Microwave Dosimetry
  M.A. Stuchly and S.S. Stuchly
• Computer Methods for Predicting Field Intensity
  J.C. Lin and Om P. Ghandhi
• Thermoregulation in the Presence of Microwave Fields
  E.R. Adair
• Interaction of Radio Frequency Fields with Living Matter: Experimental Results
  E.C. Elson and M. Michaelson
• Modulated Fields and "Window" Effects
  E. Postow and M. Swicord
• Appendix 1
• Important Constants and Frequently Used Units of Measurement
  C. Polk
• Appendix 2
• Safety Standards
  E. Postow and C. Polk
• 50Hz and 60Hz Fields
  E. Postow and M. Swicord
• RF and Microwave Fields
  E. Elson and E. Adair

December 1995, 336 pp., ISBN: 0-8493-0641-8
$139.00

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