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(skin elasticity and looseness, hair greyness; accommodation, visual
acuity, and arcus senilis of the eyes; hearing loss; nervous and neuromuscular function and vibration sense, light extinction test, rapid movement test, and hand grip strength; systolic blood pressure, blood
cholesterol level, and body potassium (4°K)). Analysis of variance was
used to determine correlation with age and the data for each criterion
were weighted according to this correlation factor, Combined scores
for all criteria gave a measure of "physiological" age as compared with
chronological age on an individual and group basis. Most of the criteria
showed good correlation with age on a group basis, less so on an individual
basis. Between 20 and 40 years of age the criteria showed less change than
after that age. No significant differences were noted between the exposed
and unexposed groups. It was postulated that if there were ageing effects
from the dose of radiation received by this population more sensitive tests

would be necessary to show them.

Longitudinal studies of individuals and

groups in this Marshallese population might be more rewarding in the

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