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Table 2

Location of Rongelap People, 1964
Exposed

Mayjuro
Kwajalein
Rongelap
Eniaetok
Other atolls
Toral

Unexposed

Adults

Children

Children of exposed parents

Adults

Children

3
9
34
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20
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29
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7
37
72
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13

7
40
49
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11

21
103
204
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27

48

28

43

132

108

359

of comparable size. Since the return of the people
to Rongelap, however, this group has about
doubled in size.

Toral

children of the comparison population). The ma-

jority of these people were examined on Rongelap
Atoll, but about 100 of them were examined at

Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) and a few at Majuro

Organization
1963 SURVEY (9 YEARS POST EXPOSURE}
Examinations were conducted on the following
Rongelap people: 70 exposed, 35 children of exposed parents, and 196 unexposed (adults and

Atoll. In addition, Utirik Atoll was visited and 84

exposed people were examined there. The survey

team consisted of 10 physicians and technicians

from the United States and 6 from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (see Figure 2). A Trust
Territory ship, the M/V Roque, was used to trans-

port the medical team to the Islands (Figure 3).

The team lived ashore rather than on boardship

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