Gynecological and reproductive issues for women in space: A review

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Jennings, Richard T ^a   Baker, Ellen S ^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

CONTRACEPTION; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MENSTRUATION; MICROGRAVITY; MICTURITION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033980968     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200002000-00025     Document Type: Review

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