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Endocrine Effects of Space Flight

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The chapter focuses on the effects of space flight on hormones that are secreted by the kidney, hormones that act on the kidney, and how renal function perturbs hormonal balance. Primary among these are the effects on bone metabolism and cardiac function.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Association Grants NNX13AN32G and NNX12AM93G and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Contents do not represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States of America. The authors report no conflict of interest.

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  1. Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Timothy G. Hammond

  2. Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Timothy G. Hammond

  3. Space Policy Institute, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Timothy G. Hammond & Holly H. Birdsall

  4. Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA

    Holly H. Birdsall

  5. Departments of Otolaryngology, Immunology, and Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Holly H. Birdsall

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  1. Health College of Pharmacy , University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Yashwant Pathak

  2. PUCRS , Partenon, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Marlise Araújo dos Santos

  3. BioServe Space Technologies , University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Luis Zea

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    Marlise Araújo dos Santos

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Hammond, T.G., Birdsall, H.H. (2019). Endocrine Effects of Space Flight. In: Pathak, Y., Araújo dos Santos, M., Zea, L. (eds) Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50909-9_6-1

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