Life, survival, and behavioral health in small closed communities: 10 Years of studying isolated antarctic groups

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Wood, Joanna ^a   Schmidt, Lacey ^b   Lugg, Desmond ^c   Ayton, Jeff ^d   Phillips, Terry ^e   Shepanek, Marc ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Behavioral health; Closed communities; Content analysis; Extreme environments; Hierarchical statistical models; Pooled time series regressions; Social environments

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTARCTICA; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVIVAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASTRONAUTS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLD CLIMATE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 20144380034     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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