[Health and hygiene characteristics of the manned environment of the Saliut-7 orbital station].
The Salyut-7 cabin environment was investigated with respect to the chemical, biological and physical factors. The gas composition was measured qualitatively and quantitatively. This determination showed a higher content of acetone and acetaldehyde when the cosmonauts worked on various trainers and unloaded the Progress cargo vehicles. The time-course study of the toxic impurities indicated that the increase in their content was transient (no more than 4 h). The microbial content was lower than in the Salyut-6 cabin environment. The study did not show a correlation between the microbial content in the environment and the time the prime crew remained onboard. There was a correlation between the microbial content, temperature variations, and conduct of certain experiments. On the whole, the Salyut-7 cabin environment was normal for the life and work of the crewmembers.
D000391:Air Microbiology; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis; D008834:Microclimate; D013026:Space Flight; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR
D005740:Gases
Sanitarno-gigienicheskaia kharakteristika sredy obitaniia orbital'noĭ stantsii "Saliut-7".