Field Immune Assessment during Simulated Planetary Exploration in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Crucian, Brian, Lee, Pascal, Widen, Raymond, Jones, Jeff, Stowe, Raymond, Sams, Clarence, Effenhauser, Rainer
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Aerospace Medicine; Arctic; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20060052407

Dysregulation of the immune system has been shown to occur during space flight, although the detailed nature of the phenomenon and the clinical risks for exploration class missions has yet to be established. In addition, the growing clinical significance of immune system evaluation combined with epi...