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Author:   Churchill, Susanne E.
Publisher:   Krieger Publishing Company
Imprint:   Krieger Publishing Company
ISBN:  

9780894640513

ISBN 10:   0894640518
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   31 January 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Volume 1: Part 1 The Space Environment: Vacuum, Temperature, and Microgravity, Giovanni G. Fazio; Radiation Biology, John R. Letaw. Part 2 Response of Living Systems to Spaceflight: Cellular Responses to Spaceflight, Marian L. Lewis and Millie Hughes-Fulford; Response of the Cardiovascular System to Spaceflight, Susanne E. Churchill and Michael W. Bungo; Response of the Neurovestibular System to Spaceflight, Corinna E. Lathan and Gilles Clement; Response of the Skeletal System to Spaceflight, Christopher E. Cann; Response of Skeletal Muscle to Spaceflight, V. Reggie Edgerton and Roland R. Roy; Response of the Immune System to Spaceflight, David H. Sherr and Gerald Sonnenfield; Response of the Respiratory System to Spaceflight, Ludwig A. Engel and Harold J. B.. Guy; Food and Nutrition During Spaceflight, Robert W. Phillips; Operational Medicine and Health Care Delivery, James S. Logan; Countermeasures and Artificial Gravity, Peter H. Diamandis. Volume 2: Part 3 Psychosocial Issues of Spaceflight: The Experience of Spaceflight - Personal Insights, Byron Lichtenberg; Behaviour and Performance in the Space Environment, Patricia A. Santy; Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Performance in Space, Claudio Stampi; Human Factors and Habitability Issues for the Design of Space Habitats, Francesco Brunelli; Will Space Change Humanity?, Benjamin Finney. Part 4 Life Support Systems: Introduction to Life Support Systems, William J. Crump and Daniel Scott Janik; Issues and Solutions for Short-Duration Flights - An Historical Perspective on Physiochemical Systems, William J. Crump; Microbiological Issues of Space Life Support Systems, Melvin V. Kilgore Jr, Alfred T. Mikell Jr. and Duane L. Pierson; Bioregenerative Life Support for Space Habitation and Extended Planetary Missions, Mark Nelson; Life Support and Performance Issues for Extravehicular Activity, Dava Newman and Michael Barrat.

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... it presents a good survey of the importance of this area in space science, written by competent individuals who have contributed to the progress of the field. -- A. M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University, Choice, September 1997.

"… it presents a good survey of the importance of this area in space science, written by competent individuals who have contributed to the progress of the field."" -- A. M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University, Choice, September 1997."

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