"Based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of Physical Chemistry at the 179th meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston, Texas, March 25-26, 1980." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electromagnetic-field interaction with biological systems in the microwave and far-infrared region : physical basis / K.H. Illinger -- Dielectric properties of water in the microwave and far-infrared regions / E.H. Grant, S. Szwarnowski, and R.J. Sheppard -- Dielectric properties of water in myoglobin solution / E.H. Grant, N.R.V. Nightingale, R.J. Sheppard, and S.R. Gough -- Electrical response of polymers in solution / Robert H. Cole -- Spectroscopic determination of the low-frequency dynamics of biological polymers and cells / L. Genzel, F. Kremer, L. Santo, and S.C. Shen -- Long-range forces in DNA / W.N. Mei, M. Kohli, L.L. Van Zandt, and E.W. Prohofsky -- Calculated microwave absorption by double-helical DNA / M. Kohli, W.N. Mei, L.L. Van Zandt, and E.W. Prohofsky -- Dielectric properties of biological tissue and biophysical mechanisms of electromagnetic-field interaction / H.P. Schwan -- Frequency response of membrane components in nerve axon / Shiro Takashima -- A perturbation model for electromagnetic-field interaction with excitable cellular membranes / Charles A. Cain -- Developmental bioelectricity / Peter J. Ortoleva -- Coherent processes in biological systems / H. Frèohlich -- Coherent modes in biological systems : perturbation by external fields / Friedemann Kaiser -- The response of biochemical reaction systems to oscillating stimuli / L.K. Kaczmarek -- Nonlinear impedance and low-frequency dispersion effects of a polyelectrolyte under high sinusoidal fields / Chia-Lun J. Hu and Frank S. Barnes -- Ionic nonequilibrium phenomena in tissue interactions with electromagnetic fields / W.R. Adey -- Calcium ion efflux induction in brain tissue by radiofrequency radiation / C.F. Blackman, W.T. Joines, and J.A. Elder -- The microwave hearing effect / James C. Lin.