Radiation: Behavioral Implications in Space
Ireland: Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd., 1988. Xerox (or equivalent) reprint of the original article. Staplebound with one staple in top left corner. This is a reprinted from Toxicology, 49 (1988) 299-307. Sticker residue on first page. Pages 299-307, [1]. References. The author was associated with the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI). This research was supported by the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) under work unit B4096. Views presented in this paper are those of the author. Topics covered include radiation-induced performance decrement, and early transient incapacitation. A potentially significant hazard for future space missions is radiation. Situations including space radiations, task demands can aggravate the radiation-disruption; efforts to mitigate disruption with drugs or shielding are not satisfactory; and space- and radiation-induced emesis combined may be synergistic. Thus, future space travel will be a demanding, exciting time for behavioral toxicologists, and creative application of scientific expertise should illicit solutions, similar to demanding situations confronted before. Since future space missions are likely to be beyond Earth's protective atmosphere, a potentially significant hazard is radiation. The following behavioral situations are addressed in this paper: (1) space radiations are more effective at disrupting behavior; (2) task demands can aggravate the radiation-disruption; (3) efforts to mitigate disruption with drugs or shielding are not satisfactory and the drugs can be behaviorally toxic; and (4) space- and radiation-induced emesis combined may be synergistic. Thus, future space travel will be a demanding, exciting time for behavioral toxicologists, and while the circumstances may seem insurmountable at first, creative application of scientific expertise should illicit solutions, similar to demanding situations confronted before. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Space, Radiation, Toxicity, Behavior, Performance Decrement, Radiation Hazard, Radiation-induced emesis, Shielding, Military Medicine
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