This edition features new chapters on radiation, toxicology and microbiology, dental considerations in aerospace medicine, women's health issues, commercial human space flight, space exploration, and unique aircraft including parachuting. Other highlights include significant new information on respiratory diseases, cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease transmission, and human response to acceleration.

Chapters
HISTORY; The Beginnings: Past and Present
PHYSIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN FACTORS; Respiratory Physiology and Protection Against Hypoxia, Physiology of Decompressive Stress, Human Response to Acceleration, Vibration and Acoustics, Spatial Orientation in Flight, Thermal Stress, Cosmic Radiation, Aerospace Toxicology, Space Environments
CLINICAL: Pilot Health and Aeromedical Recertification, Respiratory Diseases: Aeromedical Implications, Clinical Aerospace Cardiovascular Medicine, Ophthalmology in Aerospace Medicine, Otolaryngology in Aerospace Medicine, Aerospace Neurology, Aerospace Psychiatry, Endocrine System and Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, Dental Considerations in Aerospace Medicine
OPERATIONS; Occupational and Environmental Medical Support to the Aviation Industry, Women's Health Issues in Aerospace Medicine, An Introduction to Human Factors in Aerospace, Space Operations, Aircraft Accidents: Investigation and Prevention, Aviation Medicine in Unique Environments, Aerospace Medicine Issues in Unique Aircraft Types, The Practice of International Aerospace Medicine
THE FUTURE; Aviation, Government Space, Biomedical Innovations, and Education, Commercial Human Space Flight and Index.

About the Editors:
Jeffrey R. Davis, MD, MS
Robert Johnson, MD, MPH, MBA
Jan Stepanek, MD, MPH and
Jennifer A. Fogarty, PhD