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Late effects from particulate radiations in primate and rabbit tissuesIn connection with studies regarding the hazards posed by ionizing radiations to man in space, the U.S. Air Force conducted an experiment about 20 years ago. In this experiment a large number of young rhesus monkeys was exposed to proton fluxes similar to those to be anticipated during solar flares. After irradiation, the animals were kept at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in Texas. The monkeys have been employed in investigations concerning aspects of late radiation damage. These investigations are discussed, taking into account the propagation of fibroblasts from irradiated monkeys. The results of the investigations are evaluated, giving attention also to experiments with white rabbits. It is found that, except in the case of major solar flares, when acute radiation damage could lead quickly to death, the hazards to astronauts from space radiations arise from such debilitating late effects as cataracts, damage to the central nervous system and benign tumors, and life-threatening neoplasia.
Document ID
19850052155
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lett, J. T.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Cox, A. B.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Bergtold, D. S.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Lee, A. C.
(Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Pickering, J. E.
(USAF, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Graz, Austria, June 25-July 7, 1984) Advances in Space Research
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
85A34306
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-10
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-9045
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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