Modeling biological effects from magnetic fields

Author

Blanchard, Janie Page

Author_Institution

Bechtel Corp., San Francisco, CA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Research investigating how electromagnetic fields (EMF) might influence biological systems has suffered from the absence of a working experimental model that defines relationships between all the physical exposure parameters required to produce a biological effect. As a result, when these variables are not controlled from one experiment to another, many experimental results cannot be replicated. Recently, Blanchard and Blackman [1994] developed an ion parametric resonance (IPR) model to predict how parallel DC and low frequency AC magnetic fields might influence biological systems. Further, the IPR model has something different from previous models in this area: it is supported by an extensive, and growing, body of experimental data

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; cellular biophysics; cellular effects of radiation; cyclotron resonance; physiological models; DC magnetic fields; biological effects; cell response; electromagnetic fields; heuristic model; ion parametric resonance model; ionic resonance relationship; low frequency AC magnetic fields; nonlinear exposure-response relationship; off-resonance relationship; parallel fields; physical exposure parameters; Biological system modeling; Biological systems; Electric variables control; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Frequency; Intellectual property; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic variables control; Predictive models;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.484298

Filename

484298