Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barratt, Michael R. (Editor), Pool, Sam L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Advances over the past decades in space flight technology have allowed U.S., Russian, and other space programs to not only increase the frequency of manned space flights but also to increase the duration of these flights. As such, a large body of knowledge has been developed regarding the ways in wh...