Visual stability of laser vision correction in an astronaut on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1486-1491

  Gibson, C Robert ^a,i   Mader, Thomas H ^d   Schallhorn, Steven C ^e   Pesudovs, Konrad ^g   Lipsky, William ^a   Raid, Elias ^h   Jennings, Richard T ^c   Fogarty, Jennifer A ^b   Garriott, Richard A ^f   Garriott, Owen K ^j   Johnston, Smith L ^b  

^a Coastal Eye Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Space Adventures ^*  (United States)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h European Medical Center   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; COSMONAUT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SAFETY; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SPACE FLIGHT; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84864119897     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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