Preparatory study of a ground-based space radiobiology program in Europe

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1082-1086

  Durante, M ^a   Kraft, G ^b   O'Neill, P ^c   Reitz, G ^d   Sabatier, L ^e   Schneider, U ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c MRC RAGSU   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Cosmic radiation; ESA; Heavy ions; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COSMIC RAYS; HEAVY IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER THERAPY; IN VITRO MODELS; INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS; RADIOBIOLOGY; SPACE RADIATION RISKS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249669655     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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