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Space Medicine: An Overview

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Space medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the biological, physiological, and psychological health effects and medical problems of flight personnel in the context of spaceflight. This chapter provides a short introduction to the entries in the section “Space Medicine” and outlines the roles and training of the flight surgeon.

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Michael W. Bungo

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Correspondence to Michael W. Bungo .

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  1. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apollo Program, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Laurence R. Young

  2. Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Jeffrey P. Sutton

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Michael W. Bungo MD

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Bungo, M.W. (2021). Space Medicine: An Overview. In: Young, L.R., Sutton, J.P. (eds) Handbook of Bioastronautics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12191-8_130

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