Carta ao Editor dezembro 15, 2021 dezembro 15, 2021

Radiation-associated brain-ophthalmic effects in long-duration space missions

DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20210058

Dear Editors:

We read with interest the paper entitled “Space travel: A challenge from the point of view of ophthalmology” by Cunha et al.,⁽⁾ recently published at Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. The authors stressed that currently, with the emergence of new technologies promoting novel and even more ambitious space programs, aerospace medicine has increasingly gained prominence in the scientific community. Hence, there is an urgent need for specific studies exploring changes in human physiology during space missions, with the aim to maintain proper health conditions of astronauts.

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