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Descriptor English:
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Aerospace Medicine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Medicina Aeroespacial
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicina Aeroespacial
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Synonyms English:
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Aviation Medicine
Medicine, Aerospace
Medicine, Aviation
Medicine, Space
Space Medicine
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Tree Number:
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H02.403.029
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Definition English:
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That branch of medicine dealing with the studies and effects of flight through the atmosphere or in space upon the human body and with the prevention or cure of physiological or psychological malfunctions arising from these effects. (from NASA Thesaurus) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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specialty; med, physiol or psychol aspects of AVIATION go here but med, physiol or psychol aspects of space flight go under SPACE FLIGHT or other space related terms: Manual 28.8; DF: AEROSPACE MED
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See Related English:
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Accidents, Aviation
Altitude
Decompression Sickness
Space Flight
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History Note English:
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80; was see SPACE FLIGHT 1975-79; AVIATION MEDICINE was heading 1963-79; AVIATION DENTISTRY was heading 1965-79
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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341
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Unique Identifier:
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D000337
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