Space radiation: The number one risk to astronaut health beyond low earth orbit

Life

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 491-510

  Chancellor, Jeffery C ^a,b   Scott, Graham B I ^a   Sutton, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute radiation syndrome; Cancer; Central nervous system effects; Degenerative tissue effects; ; Galactic cosmic radiation; ; Omics; Radiation; Radiobiology; Solar particle events; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908120956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life4030491     Document Type: Review

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