References: Focus 6

Certain parts of the text were excerpted and adapted from the following publications and other references:
For the section describing Earth Physiology:
  1. Allison L (1976). Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
  2. Fox Sl 11987). Human Physiology, 2nd ed. William C Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
  3. Guyton AC (1986). Textbook of Medical Physiology, 7th ed. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
  4. Nourse AE 11964). The Body. Life Science Laboratory, Time Incorporated, New York.
  5. Oram RF (1989). Biology: Living Systems. Merrill Publishing Company, Columbus, OH.
  6. The Incredible Machine (1992). Poole RM (ed.), National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
  7. Numerous personal communications with Dr. Emily Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

For the section describing the space flight results and as influence for numerous figures and tables:

  1. Spacelab Life Sciences 1: 180-day Preliminary Results(1991) NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
  2. Morey ER (1979). Spaceflight and bone turnover: correlation with a new rat model of weightlessness. Bioscience. Vol 29, No 3, 168- 172.

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