Getting ready for the manned mission to Mars: The astronauts' risk from space radiation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 517-526

  Hellweg, Christine E ^a   Baumstark Khan, Christa ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronauts' radiation risk; Galactic cosmic rays; Solar cosmic radiation; Space

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COSMIC RAY; HEALTH RISK; MARS; MOON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

CANCER RISK; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONAUTS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MARS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION INJURIES; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 34249932828     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0204-0     Document Type: Review

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