ESA space spin-offs benefits for the health sector

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Szalai, Bianca ^a   Detsis, Emmanouil ^a   Peeters, Walter ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Health; Space benefit; Spin off; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GENERAL PUBLICS; HEALTH CONCERNS; INTANGIBLE BENEFITS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LIFE SPAN; SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES; SPACE BENEFIT; SPACE HARDWARE; SPACE PROGRAMMES; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; SPIN-OFF;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84865254378     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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