d ary ilems during the residence interval. For the nuclide 95Fe, only one me. st.1,ment in blood was published by the BNL Medical Program (Be72); thus an estt‘ite: OF Ky, was not possible. Ke was determined by using equation 1 or 2 and the population subgroup ne as. body burdens or urine activity concentrations. dut. are A portion of these bioassa: illustrated for adult males and females in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Two conse. .tive urine or body burden data points were used to eliminate the unknown ing: tion rate from the equation. where nm wa. the number of data points. This method yields n-I estimates of Kp, An average value of K, was assigned for each nuclide and the results for the Rongelap and Utirik populations are given in Table 3. For the evaluation of K, from equations 1 and 2, radiological and physiological parameters were obtained from the open literature (ICRP59, ICRP69, ICRP79, Ki78). Lit Table A representative sample of these parameters is presente 4, Table 3 _. Summary of Dietary Rate Constants (Kee a) 60,, 90, 65, 1374, Rongelap Adults ____ Males 1.5x1072 1.8x10° 3.1x107> 1.4x107" Females 1.6x107> 41x10" 3. 5x1077 1.4x1074 Adults 1.5x107> _1.9x107* 3.1x10> 1.4x10-% Utirik Adults Males N.D. 4.6x10 Females N.D. N.D. _Adults ICRP68 -4 —-4 N.D. 1.4x10 4.0x10¢ N.D. 1.4x107° 4.2x1074 N.D. 14x10" N.D. = No data sufficient for analysis.