title: Risks of radiation cataracts from interplanetary space missions.
abstract: Recognition of the human risks from radiation exposure during manned missions in deep space has been fostered by international co-operation; interagency collaboration is facilitating their evaluation.  Further co-operation can lead, perhaps by the end of this decade, to an evaluation of one of the three major risks, namely radiation cataractogenesis, sufficient for use in the planning of the manned mission to Mars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lett
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003359:Cosmic Radiation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D018535:Mars; D011522:Protons; D011817:Rabbits; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016082:Solar System; D013026:Space Flight; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D000535:Aluminum