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Dielectric Properties of Biological Tissues and Cells at ELF-Frequencies

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The dielectric properties of tissues and cell suspensions in the RF-and MW-range and mechanism responsible for such data have been summarized in our preceeding lecture1 . Here we shall review low frequency data and what is known so far about possible mechanism involved.

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  1. Max Planck Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany

    H. P. Schwan

  2. Department of Bioengineering D3, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    H. P. Schwan

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  1. Superior Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

    Martino Grandolfo

  2. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA

    Sol M. Michaelson

  3. National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Frascati, Italy

    Alessandro Rindi

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Schwan, H.P. (1983). Dielectric Properties of Biological Tissues and Cells at ELF-Frequencies. In: Grandolfo, M., Michaelson, S.M., Rindi, A. (eds) Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Nonionizing Radiation. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 49. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4253-3_24

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