Review of NASA approach to space radiation risk assessments for mars exploration

Health Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-142

  Cucinotta, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; radiation risk; radiation, atmospheric

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NEUTRON; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARS; NEUTRONS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84920736297     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000255     Document Type: Review

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