Main description:

Recently, there has been interest by regulators, the public and the manufacturers of wireless devices in the issues relating to the safety of radio frequency (RF) energy. These issues require an understanding of the scientific underpinnings of both physics of RF energy and cellular biology. This book is designed to provide precisely such cross-functional expertise. The editors of this book intend to provide a reliable source for a sound scientific understanding of the issues and to stimulate future scientific advances in this area. Therefore, the audience for this book includes such diverse groups as scientists, governmental policy-makers and regulatory bodies, representatives of industry and the public at large.

Contents:

Preface. Technology. Mobile and personal communications in the 90's. State of knowledge. Experimental and numerical dosimetry. RF interference of medical devices. Bioeffects of mobile communications fields. Additional considerations about the bioeffects. Review of epidemiological studies. Biological research activities. Biological research on North America. European research on effects of RF fields. Biological research in the Asia-Pacific area. Regulatory activities in the U.S.A. Regulatory environment in the EU. Regulatory activities in the Asia-Pacific area. Final considerations. Criteria for the assessment of the EMF literature. Index. Subject index.