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James S Welsh1, Joseph J Bevelacqua, S M J Mortazavi
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Edward Hines Jr. VA Medical Center, 5000 S 5th Ave., Hines, IL.
Abstract:
Terrestrial experiments involving acute exposures of low-LET radiation on inbred lab animals are quick, simple, and inexpensive but are relatively uninformative about the real radiobiological hazards of planned manned space missions. A more predictive model could involve human beings chronically exposed to "space-like" high-LET radiation. Such radiation exposure has been ongoing for thousands of years in Ramsar, Iran, and some other high-LET high background radiation regions on Earth. Examining the health of Ramsar residents can be illuminating and potentially relevant to space missions.
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