Radiation hazard during a manned mission to Mars

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Jäkel, Oliver ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars; Radiation; Space flight

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 11444267047     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00229     Document Type: Article

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