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Effects of Therapeutic
and Low-Frequency
Electromagnetic Fields
on Immune and Anti-
Inammatory Systems
Walter X. Balcavage, Gabi N. Waite,
and Stéphane J.-P. Egot-Lemaire
10.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter aims (1) to discuss the effect of electromagnetic elds (EMFs) on the biological for-
mation and regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by cells of the immune system,
(2) to review recent EMF literature related to this topic, and (3) to report on previously unpublished
EMF/immune system studies performed in our laboratory at Indiana University. To facilitate this
discussion, we will rst outline key features of the immune system ...