| Title: | Space radiation and astronaut health : managing and communicating cancer risks |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Washington : The National Academies Press, 2021 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-309-47966-0 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (146 p.) / col. ill. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | RC1151.R33 |
| Subjects: | Astronauts ; Cosmic Radiation--adverse effects ; Radiation protection |
| Description: | Astronauts face unique health-related risks during crewed space missions, and longer-duration missions that extend to greater distances in our solar system (including to the Moon and Mars) will likely increase those risks. Cancer risks due to ionizing radiation exposure are one of these health-related risks. Assessing, managing, and communicating radiation-induced cancer risks associated with spaceflight are challenging because of incomplete knowledge of the radiation environment in space, limited data on radiation-induced cellular damage mechanisms, lack of direct observations from epidemiological studies, and the complexities of understanding radiation risk. |
| DOI : | https://doi.org/10.17226/26155 |
| Format : | Open Access |
| Access: | https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26155/space-radiation-and-astronaut-health-managing-and-communicating-cancer-risks |
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