Microbial contamination monitoring and control during human space missions

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-120

  Van Houdt, Rob ^a   Mijnendonckx, Kristel ^a,b   Leys, Natalie ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

International Space Station; Microbial contamination; Quality standards

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; DISEASE RISKS; HUMAN SPACE MISSIONS; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MONITORING STRATEGY; QUALITY STANDARD; SPACE HABITAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; QUALITY CONTROL; SPACE STATIONS;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84855698392     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.09.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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