Applied Bioelectricity: From Electrical Stimulation to Electropathology

Electric currents and electromagnetic fields have been applied to biol ogical systems, particularly humans, with both therapeutic and patholo gical results. Applied Bioelectricity discusses biological responses t o electric currents and electromagnetic fields, including medical appl ications and shock hazards. The book covers fundamental physical and e ngineering principles of responses to short-term electrical exposure a nd emphasizes human reactions, although animal responses to electricit y are considered as well. The treatment covers reactions from the just -detectable to the clearly detrimental. An important new chapter discu sses standards for human exposure to electromagnetic fields and electr ic current and demonstrates how these standards have been developed ba sed on the principles treated in earlier chapters.