NASA study of cataract in astronauts (NASCA). Report 1: Cross-sectional study of the relationship of exposure to space radiation and risk of lens opacity

Radiation Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-20

  Chylack, Leo T ^a   Peterson, Leif E ^b   Feiveson, Alan H ^c   Wear, Mary L ^d   Manuel, F Keith ^e   Tung, William H ^a   Hardy, Dale S ^b   Marak, Lisa J ^d   Cucinotta, Francis A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Space Center Eye Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; SMOKING; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; GOVERNMENT; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; LENS NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ASTRONAUTS; CATARACT; COSMIC RADIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 67949123249     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1580.1     Document Type: Article

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