Space radiation concerns for manned exploration

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Stanford, Michael ^a   Jones, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPACE STATIONS;

RADIOPROTECTANT COMPOUNDS; SPACE RADIATION;

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT;

PROTON; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDARD; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MARS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOON; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033153755     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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