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Acknowledgment

The iaboratory support for part of the special studies was a
grant from The US Atomic Energy Commission andits successors, including Brookhaven National Laboratory. The authors

wish to acknowledgethe assistance, suggestions and support of

many friends and collaborators over the past 22 years with
whom the senior author has participated in the care of the

Marshallese: especially, Drs. Robert A. Conard, William H.
Adams, Eugene P. Cronkite and Mr. William A. Scott of
Brookhaven National Laboratory; and Drs. John D. Reid and
Mary Petrelli of the Department of Pathology, Cleveland Met-

ropolitan Hospital; and finally the many laboratory assistants
and surgical residents who participated in the special studies
and care of the patients.

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