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Biological effects of cosmic radiation: deterministic and stochasticOur basic understanding of the biological responses to cosmic radiations comes in large part from an international series of ground-based laboratory studies, where accelerators have provided the source of representative charged particle radiations. Most of the experimental studies have been performed using acute exposures to a single radiation type at relatively high doses and dose rates. However, most exposures in flight occur from low doses of mixed radiation fields at low-dose rates. This paper provides a brief overview of existing pertinent clinical and biological radiation data and the limitations associated with data available from specific components of the radiation fields in airflight and space travel.
Document ID
20040112709
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Blakely, E. A.
(Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory CA 94702, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 2000
Publication Information
Publication: Health physics
Volume: 79
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0017-9078
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: EY-10737
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Flight Experiment
Review, Tutorial
Mir Project
Review
Non-NASA Center
manned
long duration
NASA Discipline Radiation Health

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