title: Manifesto of space medicine: the next dermatologic frontier.
abstract: As the fields of astronomy, cosmology, and space travel move rapidly forward, so must space medicine. The manned space program and medical knowledge and support have developed in tandem. Dermatology will play a fundamental role in survival during space flight. This paper reviews past, present, and future accomplishments of the space program as they relate to medicine and characterizes some of dermatology's multiple roles in the future. It further explores the immunologic alterations noted during space flight and the attendant implications for health and well-being both in flight and on return to Earth, or to an Earthlike environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Toback
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kohn
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D003880:Dermatology; D005544:Forecasting; D006439:Hemodynamics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013026:Space Flight / Q000266:history; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects