The lunar environment: Determining the health effects of exposure to moon dusts

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 7-10, 2008, Pages 1006-1014

  Khan Mayberry, Noreen ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Health standards; Lunar dust; Moon dust

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; AVIATION MEDICINE; COSMOLOGY; DUST; EARTH SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MEDICINE; NASA; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SOLAR WIND; SPACE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; VEHICLES;

AIRBORNE DUSTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT; EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA); HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH STANDARDS; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; LONG DURATION; LUNAR DUST; LUNAR LANDERS; RISK CRITERION; SPACE MEDICINES; THIN LAYERING; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; VEHICLE DESIGNS;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 48549088469     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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