Finally, the additional responsibilities under Option D:

(A, B-and C plus

full screening and follow-up) of all inhabitants now living on (or scheduled to

be repatriated to) Marshall Islands contaminated by atomic fall-out):
1.

As in A, B and C - plus the medical care, i.e., screening, follow-up,

treatment and primary preventive medicine of this enlarged study group (maximum
about 2000 patients).

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‘The term "medical care" in each of these options has been purposely left
undefined.

The spectrum of medical care could range from a very narrow interpre-

tation of the research mandate related solely to the detection and treatment of

| pathologic conditions thought to be related, with a high prebability, to
radiation exposure, to a widely-expanded concept of "medical care" covering
primary prevention, 1°-2° care and comprehensive health care — similar to the deFined role of the family practice physician, as defined by the Academy of Family
Practice.

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