The next small step

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7480, 2004, Pages 1441-1444

  Fong, Kevin ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 10844254539     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1441     Document Type: Review

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