The ecobiopolitics of Space Biomedicine

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-193

  Olson, Valerie A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Biopolitics; Environmental health; Environmental medicine; Extreme environments; Medical ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COSMONAUT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MICROCLIMATE; POLITICS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASTRONAUTS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; POLITICS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 77952088408     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459741003715409     Document Type: Article

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