This book presents a systematic description of the physical mechanisms and properties of low-level microwave radiation effects. It introduces the concept of nonthermal mechanism of microwave radiation effects, with special reference to the nonlinearity of neurophysiological and biological processes. With insights into electromagnetism, bioelectromagnetism, and nonlinear dynamics, this comprehensive volume proposes new ideas for updating the health protection limits for radiofrequency radiation and recommends following the precautionary principle to minimize health risks.
Features:
This book is aimed at graduate students, researchers, specialists, and academics in biomedical engineering, physics, medicine, medical physics, microwave engineering, health protection, biophysics, and biochemistry.
This book presents a systematic description of the physical mechanisms of low-level microwave radiation effects. It introduces the concept of nonthermal mechanism of microwave radiation effects, with special reference to the nonlinearity of neurophysiological and biological processes.
Part 1: Basic knowledge about electromagnetism and bioelectromagnetism
1. Electromagnetic fields: fundamental laws of electromagnetism and
properties of the fields
2. Electromagnetic radiation and harmonic coherent
waves in an inhomogeneous medium
3. Electromagnetic waves in the human body:
dielectric polarization of living tissues and wave propagation in the
multilayered body
4. Bioelectromagnetic nature of the brain: from the
neuronal to the system level Part 2: Understanding the mechanism of low-level
microwave radiation effect: from the principles of electromagnetism to
experimental results
5. The physical mechanisms of low-level microwave
radiation effects
6. Effect of microwave radiation on the human brain Part 3:
Biological and health effects of environmental microwave radiation and health
protection limits
7. Biological and health effects: assessment of certainty,
carcinogenicity, and medical application
8. The limits of health protection
and the levels of radiofrequency radiation in a living environment
Hiie Hinrikus was born in the Republic of Estonia in 1934. She received her primary and secondary education in Tallinn, Estonia. Afterwards, she was educated in Physics, with a specialty in Radiophysics, at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her diploma work at the Sector of Radio Astronomy of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR was related to the sensitivity of microwave radiometers. She completed her doctoral studies, investigating noise in masers at the USSR National Institute of Physical-Technical and Radio-Technical Measurements in the Moscow Region and received a PhD in Radiophysics.
