May/June 1997
Number 136

A Publication of The Bioelectromagnetics Society

The Bioelectromagnetics Society is currently in a very healthy state, but in order to maintain this healthy state, there are plans we must make for the future. First, I am happy to report to you that we had one of our most successful meetings ever in June of 1996 in Victoria, Canada. This meeting was characterized by its magnificent setting, superb meeting facilities, and broad representation of international scientists. The quality of the science presented was also excellent. The Society in 1997 has not held its own Annual Meeting, instead continuing the tradition of meeting jointly with several other international societies as the Second World Congress here in Bologna. We are grateful to the organizers of this conference for a stimulating and well organized Congress. In June of 1998, BEMS will once again hold its Annual Meeting in the United States, at St. Petersburg in the state of Florida, and we anticipate continued interest in bioelectromagnetics research and reports of new scientific developments. In addition to these annual meetings, the Society has also sponsored for the last two years a Winter Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland in conjunction with the Winter Board of Directors' meeting in Washington.

The number of members of the Society remain high, with a continued influx of new members from both the scientific community and the governmental/regulatory community. As the Secretary/Treasurer will inform you, the financial status of the Society is especially sound. We have a substantial balance of funds and productive investments, which have allowed the Board to contemplate an increasing breadth of activities. Another important aspect of our reputation is the growing recognition of our journal, Bioelectromagnetics, the circulation of which is up and the citation index of which has taken a significant leap in recent years. The number of issues per year and pages per year have grown significantly, reflecting an increased interest of authors in submitting their work to our journal. The quality of the content remains high, and we believe that the decreased time between submission and publication is likely to attract even more high-quality submissions.

Due to its history as a solid scientific organization, The Bioelectromagnetics Society is also becoming increasingly visible as an international source of rational and unbiased input by governments and organizations such as the US National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization, the European Union, and others who need to know from a distinguished body of experts what is both the content and the significance of the most recent research findings at the cutting edge of bioelectro-magnetics. It is our diversity as well as our expertise that has given the Society this reputation.

The Society has strengthened its non-U.S. membership base over recent years, and this trend will continue. We have also worked to increase our relationships with other societies having similar interests. The most tangible evidence of this is the multi-society organization and editorial structure of Bioelectromagnetics, which now serves as the official organ not only of BEMS but also of three other societies. We have adhered to our commitment to have a substantial number of our Annual Meetings in non-U.S. locations to enhance the ability all the members of the Society to attend and contribute to the meetings which truly represent the core of what the Society is about. We are actively considering meeting sites in both Europe and the Far East for early in the next century. The Society can only truly represent and promote the multidisciplinary research field of bioelectromag-netics as a multi-national organization, and we are strongly committed to continuing this basis of our organization.

Now, as we all know, not everything in the past year can be viewed easily as being hopeful for the future health of bioelectromagnetics research or for the future strength of the Society. In October of 1996, the National Research Council, a branch of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, issued a report which concluded, among other important observations, that while there is a demonstrable statistical correlation between childhood leukemia and proximity of households to electric power lines or electric power distribution nodes ("wire codes"), there is "no conclusive and consistent evidence" that the electric or magnetic fields from the power lines are responsible for this correlation. This conclusion was widely interpreted as meaning that electric and magnetic fields associated with power distribution systems are not dangerous to human populations. Many of the members of our society welcome this conclusion; others do not. Based on this report and others which had previously reported similar conclusions, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would no longer support research into the bioeffects of electromagnetic fields produced by electric power distribution. Moreover, funding for extension of the RAPID research program of the U.S. National Institutes of Health appears to be in danger (despite a one-year extension of authorization for the program by the Congress), although an extensive review process is currently under way to determine what the benefits have been of this intensive investment in bio-electromagnetics research. Whether one agrees with the conclusions of the expert panels and the agencies or not, it is of significance to the Society to recognize that the loss of these two programs of research would certainly decrease the funding opportunities for scientists specializing in the bioeffects of low-frequency, low-intensity EMF.

What does this situation mean for The Bioelectromagnetics Society? In a purely scientific sense, nearly all of the expert panels have called for further research to resolve still-open questions of possible roles of environmental EMF in human health. It is a key role of the Society to promote research and communication on these topics. But in a practical sense, the inability of our research community to find obvious and unequivocal answers to these questions (thus far, at least) probably means that an important fraction of the research carried out by members of this Society will be curtailed in the near future. The news is not all bad, however. The most productive and innovative research projects will continue to be funded from a variety of sources, both in the U.S. and in other countries. Also, there are initiatives in several countries, both in Europe and the Far East, which may produce increased research funding for bioelectromag-netics research, as well as the continuing support of traditional agencies in the U.S. The Society is committed to helping to educate funding agencies and governments about the scientific issues involved and the possible roles of bioelectromagnetics research in society. We also will continue to support our members and to offer forums for the discussion and dissemination of scientific results.

But, in my opinion, it is important to look beyond the specific issue of possible EMF health hazards, which has admittedly driven what many see as a relatively short-term "boom" in bioelectromagnetics research. We need to re-examine the importance of continuing studies in the larger spectrum of research specialties covered by the term "bioelectromagnetics," including (but not limited to) studies of the fundamental principles of interactions between electromagnetic radiation and biological tissues, medical and therapeutic applications, practical and engineering applications, and biological bases for the formulation of regulatory standards. Rather than focusing as expansively on hazards as we have done for the past few years, we need to think of the positive contributions to society that studies of electromagnetic fields can have in the future especially if we as scientists can facilitate understanding through our research. We may need to put aside many of our long-cherished ideas in order to turn toward the future, but if we can do that, I continue to believe that this Society represents the strongest single group of people who are qualified to help realize the promise of that future.

From Carl Sagan: "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark":
"Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas . . . the hard but just rule is, if the ideas don't work, you must throw them away. Don't waste neurons on what doesn't work; devote those neurons to new ideas that better explain the data. The physicist Michael Faraday warned of the powerful temptation "to seek [evidence] in the favour of our desires, and to disregard those which oppose them . . . we receive as friendly that which agrees with us, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by the dictates of common sense.
Valid criticism does you a favor."

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At the Annual Business Meeting of the Society held in conjunction with the Second World Congress For Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine the results of the election for Officers and Board of Directors was announced. One hundred and eighty two ballots were received and processed by the Election Committee chaired by Dr. Ewa Czerska. Dr. Betty Sisken of the Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wenner-Gren Research Laboratory at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky will be the next Vice President and President Elect of the Society. Dr. Paul Gailey of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tennessee was elected as Secretary/Treasurer Elect. The new Engineering and Physical Sciences Director well be Dr. Ken Joyner of Motorola Australia Ltd. in Scoresby, Australia. The two new Directors for Biological and Medical Sciences will be Dr. Rosemonde Mandeville of the Uni-versity of Quebec in Laval, Quebec, Canada and Dr. Steven Miller of SRI International in Menlo Park, California. The new At-Large Director is Dr. Neils Kuster of ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.

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President
Martin Blank (New York)
Tel: 212-305-3644
Fax: 212-305-5775
e-mail: mb32@columbia.edu

Vice President, President Elect
Betty Sisken (Kentucky)
Tel: 606-257-5796
Fax: 606-257-1856
e-mail: bsisken@ukcc.uky.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Robert Liburdy (California)
Tel: 510-486-6240
Fax: 510-486-6644
e-mail: rpliburdy@lbl.gov

Secretary/Treasurer Elect
Paul Gailey (Tennessee)
Tel: 423-574-0419
Fax: 423-574-9338
e-mail: pg7@ornl.gov

Editor-in-Chief
Ben Greenebaum (Wisconsin/Geneva, Switzerland)
Tel: 414-595-2188
Fax: 414-595-2056
e-mail: greeneba@cs.uwp.edu

Past President
Richard Luben (California)
Tel: 909-787-5991
Fax: 909-787-3799
e-mail: richard.luben@ucr.edu

Janie Blanchard (California, 1998)
Tel: 415-768-2445
Fax: 415-768-2743
e-mail: jblancha@bechtel.com

Frank Barnes (Colorado, 1999)
Tel: 303-492-8225
Fax: 303-492-2758
e-mail: barnes@boulder.colorado.edu

Ken Joyner (Scoresby, Australia, 2000)
Tel: +61 3 253 6315
Fax: +61 3 253 6365
e-mail: k.joyner@trl.oz.au

Eugene Goodman (Wisconsin, 1998)
Tel: 414-595-2422
Fax: 414-595-2056
e-mail: egood@cs.uwp.edu

Arthur Rosen (New York, 1998)
Tel: 516-444-1450
Fax: 516-444-1474
e-mail: arosen@neuro.som.sunysb.edu

Craig Byus (California, 1999)
Tel: 909-787-4535
Fax: 909-787-5504
e-mail: byus@ucrac1.ucr.edu

Henry Lai (Washington, l999)
Tel: 206-543-1071
Fax: 206-685-3925
e-mail: hlai@u.washington.edu

Rosemonde Mandeville (Laval, Canada, 2000)
Tel: 514-687-5631
Fax: 514-686-5617
e-mail: rosemonde_mandeville@iaf.uq.ca

Steven Miller (California, 2000)
Tel: 415-859-5788
Fax: 415-859-3153
e-mail: smiller@amethyst.sri.com

Jukka Juutilainen (Kuopio, Finland, 1998)
Tel: +358 17 163226
Fax: +358 17 163230
e-mail: jukka.juutilainen@uku.fi

Greg Lotz (Ohio, 1999)
Tel: 513-533-8153
Fax: 513-533-8139
e-mail: wgl0@niobbs1.em.cdc.gov

Niels Kuster (Zurich, Switzerland, 2000)
Tel: +41 1 632 2737
Fax: +41 1 632 1057
e-mail: kuster@ifh.ee.ethz.ch

William Wisecup (Maryland)
Tel: 301-663-1915
Fax: 301-371-8955
e-mail: 75230.1222@compuserve.com

Mary Ellen O’Connor (Oklahoma)
Tel: 918-631-2838
Fax: 918-631-2833
e-mail: mary-o'connor@utulsa.edu

Awards Committee - Craig Byus
Budget Committee - Robert Liburdy
Development Committee - Paul Gailey
Elections Committee - Greg Lotz
Inter-Society Affairs Committee - Greg Lotz
Journal Committee - Richard Luben
Membership Committee - Jukka Juutilainen
Nominating Committee - Richard Luben
Public Affairs Committee - Richard Luben
Publications Committee - Janie Blanchard
Technical Program Committee - Betty Sisken

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JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN IUPS AND BEMS
by Kjell Hansson Mild

The International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) held its thirty third International Congress from June 30 to July 5 in St. Petersburg, Russia. There were over 3,500 attendees and more than one hundred symposia and workshops. The workshop organized jointly by IUPS and BEMS was devoted to non-ionizing radiation research and was entitled "Physiological aspects of exposure to electromagnetic fields." The workshop consisted of nine platform presentations and seven posters. The workshop was organized and chaired by Drs. Kjell Hansson Mild and Eugene Lyskov.

The overall theme of the IUPS Congress was "Integrative Physiology: From Molecules to Humans." The platform presentations in the workshop were chosen to closely reflect this theme. The first day gave an overview of the area with a historical introduction to bioelectromag-netics research from microwave heating to ELF molecular events by Dr. Kjell Hansson Mild. Dr. Mats-Olof Mattsson described various cell biological models and findings in ELF research and Dr. Jukka Juutilainen presented research on EMF as a co-carcinogen. Dr. Juutilainen observed that in cases where EMF has been reported to be a cancer promoter, it is always in combination with another promoter given on a regular basis.

The second day was devoted to problems concerning interaction of external EMF with the central nervous system. The session was opened by Dr. Yuri Kholodov who gave an overview of some Russian studies regarding the adaptive response of the brain to EMF. Dr. Andrew Marino summarized a series of experiments in human volunteers, emphasizing the necessity of using new methods to study basic mechanisms of observed electro-physiological effects and immune function. Two papers were presented on electrical hypersensitivity. Dr. E. David described ongoing provocation studies with 50 Hz, 10 uT fields in persons claiming hypersensitivity. Dr. E. Lyskov reported that persons reporting to be suffering from hypersensitivity were also hyperreactive to flickering light and sound. His results indicate an unbalance in the autonomic nervous system among these patients.

The poster session was open for free communication and many of the presenters were new to BEMS. Of special interest was a poster by Hisamitsu, Narita, Kasahara, Seto, Hanakawa, and Asano which showed that exposure to EMF induced apopotosis in HL60 and M-I cells. However the flux density was high (45 mT, 50 Hz) and the viability of these leukemia cells examined after 34 hours of exposure was 88% but decreased to 25% 24 hours after exposure. The minimum exposure time for DNA fragmentation was one hour.

The abstracts of the presentations are published in the abstract book of the Congress. Individuals interested in receiving copies of the abstracts should contact Kjell Hansson Mild via e-mail at mild@niwl.se.

Hansson Mild, K. Overview of bioelectromagnetics research from whole body microwave heating effects to non-thermal molecular effects.

Mattsson, M-O, Hansson Mild, K., Lindstrom, E., Valtersson, U., Still, M. and Lundgren, E. Subcellular effects of EMF: From membrane to nucleus.

Juutilainen, J., Kumlin, T. and Lang, S. Possible role of EMF as a co-carcinogen.

Okai, O. and Mitani, H. Body response of rabbits to a single injection of epinephrine or electric stimulation in the brain in DC or AC magnetic fields.

Kholodov, Yu. Central mechanisms of adaptation to environmental EMF.

Marino, A. Low-level EMF are transduced like other stimuli.

Lovely, R., Creim, J., Couch, L., Bates, D., Miller, D. and Anderson, L. EMF influence on behavior.

David, E. and Reissenweber, J. Physiological dimensions of hypersensitivity to EMF.

Lyskov, E., Sandstrom, M., Hansson Mild, K. and Medvedev, S. Physiological characteristics of persons with experienced hypersensitivity to EMF.

Hisamitsu, T., Narita, K., Kasahara, T., Seto, A., Yu, Y., Hanakawa, K. and Asano, K. Induction of apoptosis in human cells by magnetic fields.

Chernyshev, M., Kozlov, A., Duko, M., Druzin, M., Bakanova, L., Alexanyan, Z. and Lyskov, E. Behavioural effects of exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in rats.

Binokay, U. Static magnetic field and orientation behaviour in rats.

Kasahara, T., Sahara, M., Sato, T., Guo, S., Kasahara, E. and Hisamitsu, T. The effect of weak magnetic field on the living body: Cellular immune response in babl/c mice.

Alexandrov, V. Environmental electromagnetic fields and motional activity of aquatic organisms.

Mayston, M., Harrison, L. and Stephens, J. Ipsilateral EMG responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in normal children.

Vinci, F., Zaffina, S. and Altrudo, P. Effect of exposure to ELF fields at a frequency of 60 Hz on high-voltage activated Ca 2+ currents in rat cerebellar granule neurons.

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At the Annual Business meeting held on Wednesday, June 11, 1997 in conjunction with the Second World Congress for Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine in Bologna, Italy the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society, Robert Liburdy, reported on the financial status of the Society. At the end of the fiscal year (March 31, 1997) the Society had $261,204 in assets, $35,235 in liabilities resulting in a fund balance of $225,969. This compares with a fund balance of $179,748 in 1996. The income for 1997 was $70,241 for the Annual Meeting in Victoria, B.C., $31,211 for the journal, and $36,469 for membership. The operation of the Newsletter required $3,365 over newsletter grant income.

Liburdy reported that the Society continues to be in healthy financial condition. Liburdy also reported that the Society has begun to invest some of its capital in order to increase our percent return on investments. Liburdy congratulated Bill Wisecup and W/L Associates for their fund raising associated with our Annual Meeting and for their attention to the Society’s financial condition throughout the year.

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For the first time since its creation in 1964, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) will have a new executive director, following the resignation of W. Roger Ney at the end of June. He will be succeeded on an acting basis by the current deputy, William M. Beckner.

Ney has been involved in the activities of NCRP since 1959 when he joined the staff of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Division of Radiation Physics, where the NCRP’s predecessor organization then was located. That organization had been created in 1929 by Lauriston S. Taylor, the first federal scientist to be assigned to ionizing radiation protection activities. Taylor organized the NCRP as a mechanism for bringing together scientific and medical societies and individual experts on radiation uses to develop national and international standards for radiation measurement and protection.

In 1964 when the NCRP was granted a federal charter as an independent organization, Ney became its first employee and executive. He was joined by his NBS secretary in a one room rented office near the NBS laboratory in northwest Washington. As Ney retired at 67, the NCRP occupies office space in Bethesda, Maryland for a staff of 18 persons who operate with more than 400 volunteer members of the council and its expert committees. The NCRP annual budget is now approximately $2 million.

In accepting Ney’s resignation, Charles B. Meinhold, NCRP current president, observed "The only name more synonymous with NCRP than yours is Lauriston S. Taylor, its founder - not bad company. Your expressed pleasure in working with me and all the people you have worked with on council affairs is clearly reflected in my and their appreciation for all you have given to the council."

Ney will continue his activities as chief operating officer of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, which he has managed along with his NCRP duties since 1962. He also will remain a consultant to the NCRP on a part time basis and will work out of the NCRP offices.

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PROFESSOR FERDINANDO BERSANI

and the

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
Guglielmo D’Inzeo
Andrea Cossarizza
Maria Rosaria Scarfi
Ruggero Cadossi
Paolo Vecchia
Santi Tofani

THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS MADE OUR VISIT TO BOLOGNA MOST ENJOYABLE.

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Ben Greenebaum, Editor-in-Chief, reported on the journal at the Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 1997 in Bologna, Italy. In 1996 117 manuscripts were received. Of these, 50 were accepted, 28 were rejected or withdrawn and 39 were still being reviewed or revised. Fifty-seven of the manuscripts were from North America and sixty from elsewhere. The distribution of manuscripts based on the type of fields in the studies was 74 ELF, 7 DC or Static, 24 High Frequency and 12 other.

Greenebaum reported that the time to publication had dramatically improved from 1995 to 1996 and that the improvement continues into 1997. Average review time between receiving the manuscript and sending it to the publisher for accepted papers was 269 days in 1995 and 189 days in 1996. For papers that were rejected or withdrawn the average review time was 184 days in 1995 and 151 days in 1996. For 1997, one paper has been sent to the publisher with a review time of 43 days and four papers have been rejected or withdrawn with an average review time of 59 days. Thirty six manuscripts are still under review or are being revised.

The ISI "Impact Factor" also has improved. The Impact Factor is a ratio based on the average number of citations in 1995 in any journal of articles published in 1993 or 1994 in Bioelectromagnetics. The journal is in the category of "Biophysics" journals. In 1992 the ISI was 2.079 (13th of 33). In 1993 and 1994 the ISI was 0.942 (23rd of 37) and 1.008 (22nd of 36) respectively. In 1995 the ISI rose to 2.470 (12th of 36).

Greenebaum thanked his Associate Editors, the Editorial Board and all the members of the Society who review manuscripts for the journal. He encouraged members of the Society to continue to submit quality manuscripts and he affirmed that the Editorial staff is committed to maintaining quality while reducing the time to publication.

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September 15-17: Genetic Toxicology of Non Ionizing Radiations: Genetic- and Epigenetic Effects, Carcinogenesis, Developmental Effects, etc., Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, Bruges, Belgium. Organized by the Belgian Environmental Mutagen Society and VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research); see Newsletter 132. Contact: Dr. Luc Verschaeve, VITO, Environment Division, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium. (Tel: +32 14 33 52 17; Fax: +32 14 32 03 72; e-mail: verschal@vitoosfl.vito.be)

September 16-17: Second Annual Industry Meeting: Mobile Phones - Is There a Health Risk? The Swissotel, Brussels, Belgium. Contact Sarah Ellis or Caroline Bishop, IBC Technical Services Ltd., Gilmoora House, 57-61 Mortimer Street, London W1N 8JX, UK. (Tel: +44 (0) 171 453 2700 or +44 (0) 171 637 4383, Fax: +44 (0) 171 636 1976 or +44 (0) 171 631 3214, e-mail: sarah.ellis@ibcuk.co.uk).

September 28-29: First International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering. Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Contact Subrata Saha, Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina, 313 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0906. (Tel: 864-656-7603, Fax: 864-656-4466, e-mail: subrata.saha@ces.elemson.edu).

October 14-16: Electric and Magnetic Field Health Research: Assessing the Science. Galleria Conference Center, Harvard Longwood Medical Area, Boston, MA. Contact: Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Continuing Professional Education, 677 Huntington Ave., Dept. A., Boston, MA 02115-6096. (Tel: 617-432-1171, Fax: 617-432-1969, e-mail: CONTEDU@SPH.HARVARD.EDU, Web: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe.html).

October 15-19: Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine. Monterey, CA. Contact Fred R. Nelson, 7910 Frost Street, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92123. (Fax: 619-278-1708, e-mail: nelson@bjc.hfh.edu).

October 16-19: Life Sciences ‘97 and 2nd Slovenian-Croatian Meeting on Molecular Oncology Today. Gozd Martuljek, Hotel Spik, Slovenia. Organized by the Slovenian Biophysical Society and Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana. Contact Gregor Sersa, Institute of Oncology, Department of Tumor Biology, Zaloska 2, SI-1105 Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Tel: +386 61, 133 74 10 or 323 063, ext. 29 33; Fax: +386 61, 131 41 80; e-mail: gsersa@mail.onko-i.si)

October 26-29: The International Association for Biologically Closed Electric Circuits in Biomedicine (IABC). Radisson Hotel South, Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Dr. George O’Clock, Jr., Symposium President, Professor of Electrical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Mankato State University, PO Box 8400, MSU Box 215, Mankato, MN 56002. (Tel: 507-389-1410, Fax: 507-389-1095, e-mail: george_oclock@msl.mankato.msus.edu).

October 30 - November 2: 19th Annual International Conference IEEE/EMB Society. Chicago Marriott Downtown, Chicago, Illinois. Contact Conference Secretariat, Meeting Management, 2603 Main Street, Suite 690, Irvine, CA 92714. (Tel: 714-752-8205; Fax: 714-752-7444; e-mail: MeetiingMgt@aol.com, and embs97@ieee.org).

November 3-5: International Scientific Meeting on Electromagnetics in Medicine. Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Contact EM-Med, M/C 154, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7053. (Fax: 312-413-0024, e-mail: emmed@eecs.uic.edu, website: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~emmed).

November 9-13: The 1997 Annual Review of Research on Biological Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields From the Generation, Delivery & Use of Electricity. Holiday Inn on the Bay, San Diego, CA. Contact W/L Associates, Ltd., 7519 Ridge Road, Frederick, MD 21702. (Tel: 301-663-1915, Fax: 301-371-8955, e-mail: 75230.1222@compuserve.com).

November 14-16: Magnetic Fields: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy. London Convention Centre, London, Ontario, Canada. Contact C. Liana Heaney, Coordinator - Research Operations, The Lawson Research Institute, Rm. H410, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4V2. (Tel: 519-646-6100 ext. 4530, Fax: 519-646-6110, e-mail: lianah@stj.stjosephs.london.on.ca).

November 17-21: International Conference on Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control. Seville, Spain. Contact: Joint Conference Secretariat, c/o International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA-CN-67, Wagramerstrasse 5, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. (Tel: +43 1 2060(0), Telex: +43 1 12645, Fax: +43 1 20607, Cable address: INATOM VIENNA, e-mail: IAEO@IAEA1.IAEI.OR.AT).

December 2-5: 1997 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PRC. Contact: Prof. K. K. Mei, Telecommunications Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (Fax: +852 2778 1711 or +852 2788 7189, e-mail: eekkmei@cityu.edu.hk).

1998: Second International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. Contact: Dr. Irena Cosic, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia. (Tel: +61 3 9905 1340, Fax: +61 3 9903 2906 or +61 3 9903 1516, e-mail:cosic@eng.monash.edu.au http://www.monash.edu.au/oce/lcbem.htm).

January 23-25, 1998: Annual Meeting of the North American Academy of Magnetic Therapy, Furama Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Cindy Kornspan, North American Academy of Magnetic Therapy, 28240 West Agoura Road, Ste #202, Agoura, CA 91301. (Tel: 818-991-5277 or 800-457-1853).

February 8-11, 1998: 31st Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Mobile, AL. Theme: Good Practices in Health Physics. Contact: Richard J. Burk, Jr., Health Physics Society, 1313 Dolly Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101. (Tel. 703-790-1745, Fax. 703-790-2672, e-mail: hpsburkmgt@aol.com).

May 23-29, 1998: Fourteenth International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. Vingstedcentret, Denmark. Contact S. Kwee, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Building 170, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. (Tel: +45 8942 2869, Fax: +45 8613 1160, e-mail: bes98@biokemi.aau.dk, Website: http://www.health.aau.dk/conf/bes98.htm).

July 12-16, 1998: 43rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Richard J. Burk, Jr., Health Physics Society, 1313 Dolly Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101. (Tel. 703-790-1745, Fax. 703-790-2672, e-mail: hpsburkmgt@aol.com).

September 14-18, 1998: International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Contact Daniela Floramonti, EMC ‘98 Roma, AEI- Ufficio Centrale, Piazzale R. Morandi 2, 20121, Milano, Italy. (Tel: +39 2 77790 1, Fax: +39 2 79 88 17, e-mail: conferencesaei@aei.it).

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