 Life Support Systems
"Life Support Systems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
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D008021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.150.391
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Systems- Life Support Systems
- Life Support System
- Support System, Life
- Support Systems, Life
- System, Life Support
- Systems, Life Support
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Systems" by people in Profiles.
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Hulme SE, Shevkoplyas SS, McGuigan AP, Apfeld J, Fontana W, Whitesides GM. Lifespan-on-a-chip: microfluidic chambers for performing lifelong observation of C. elegans. Lab Chip. 2010 Mar 07; 10(5):589-97.
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Scott-Pandorf MM, O'Connor DP, Layne CS, Josic K, Kurz MJ. Walking in simulated Martian gravity: influence of the portable life support system's design on dynamic stability. J Biomech Eng. 2009 Sep; 131(9):091005.
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Larios-Sanz M, Kourentzi KD, Warmflash D, Jones J, Pierson DL, Willson RC, Fox GE. 16S rRNA beacons for bacterial monitoring during human space missions. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr; 78(4 Suppl):A43-7.
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