Carcinogens in spacecraft air

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  James, John T ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; ANIMALS; ASTRONAUTS; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; FORMALDEHYDE; FURANS; HUMANS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030781220     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579711     Document Type: Article

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