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Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations
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... Central nervous system Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA-dependent protein kinase Department of Defense Department of Energy Dose rate effectiveness factor Extravehicular activity Galactic cosmic radiation Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase High atomic number (Z) high energy International Commission on Radiological Protection Los Alamos National Laboratory Low Earth orbit Linear energy transfer Linear-quadratic Multiplicative interaction model National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Nucleotide excision repair National Research Council Polymerase chain reaction Protein kinase Quality factor Relative biological effectiveness Root mean square 61
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... 62 RADIATION HAZARDS TO CREWS OF INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS: BIOLOGICAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES SPE: TGBESR: UNSCEAR: USAF: JAR XP: Solar particle event Task Group on the Biological Effects of Space Radiation United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation United States Air Force Radiation weighing factor Xeroderma pigmentosum
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  • phosphoribosyl transferase
  • relative biological
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  • nucleotide excision
  • polymerase chain

  • chain reaction
  • biological effects
  • protein kinase
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