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Ailingnae Population. The 16 people in the
Ailingnae population that were examined during
wasofinterest that the platelet counts for all age
groups averaged considerably higher in the Utirik
those of the higher dose Rongelap group. The 10-
The explanationfor this is not apparent. The erythrocytes, hemoglobin, and hematocrit levels were
about the sameas in the unexposed Rongelap people.
Chiidren of Exposed Parents. Blood counts of
these two years showed blood counts similar to
year platelet counts in the Ailingnae women were
considerably higher than the previous counts; the
reason for this is not apparent. The blood data on
this group of people are summarized in Tables 18
and 19 and Appendix 2.
Utirik Population.
The people of Utirik Atoll
who had been exposed to a very low dose of radiation (an estimated 14 rads of whole-body gamma
radiation) had leukocyte, neutrophil, and lymphocyte counts of about the samelevels as seen in the
unexposed comparison population of Rongelap
(Tabie 18 and Appendices 3 and 4}. However, it
people than in the Rongelap unexposed population.
children of exposed parents compared with those
of the children of parents in the comparison population showed no significant differences. These
data are tabulated in Tables 18 and 19 and Ap-
pendices 4 and 5. During the 7th and &th-vear
surveys these children had shown slightly lower
levels of leukocytes and platelets compared with
children of unexposed parents. This difference is
not apparentat this time.