Refractive Shifts in Astronauts During Spaceflight: Mechanisms, Countermeasures, and Future Directions for In-flight Measurements

Overview

Journal Eye (Lond)

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2024 May 17

PMID 38760461

Authors

Kelsey Vineyard

Joshua Ong

Benjamin Soares

Daniela Osteicoechea

Cihan Mehmet Kadipasaoglu

Ethan Waisberg

Alireza Tavakkoli

Gianmarco Vizzeri

Andrew G Lee

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