Evaluation of safety of hypobaric decompressions and EVA from positions of probabilistic theory

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-8, 1998, Pages 139-158

  Nikolaev, V P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

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Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMONAUT; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SIMULATION; SPACE SUITS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031598774     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(98)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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