Body mass changes during long-duration spaceflight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 897-904

  Zwart, Sara R ^a   Launius, Ryan D ^b   Coen, Geoffrey K ^c   Morgan, Jennifer L L ^c   Charles, John B ^d   Smith, Scott M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Energy intake; Spaceflight; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RISK; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84907916560     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3979.2014     Document Type: Article

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