Radiofrequency radiation may help astronauts in space missions

Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Abdollahi, Hamid ^a,c   Teymouri, Maryam ^a,c   Khademi, Sara ^b,d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Astronauts; Hypothesis; Radiofrequency radiation; Space mission

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84872245995     PISSN: 22517294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhi.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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