CONTENTS (Continued) Piyge 3.7) 3.8 42 Discussion Conclusions CHAPTER 4 Ao 3 HEMATOLOGY 4.1 4.2 4.3. 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Introduction General Methods Methods of Treating Data, Control Groups. Hematological Findings, General Rongelap Group . Ailinginae Group Utirik Group . . Rongerik Group (Americans) . 4.9 Monocytes and Eosinophiles, All Groups 63 63 64 65 719 80 80 80 81 8] 81 4.10 Hematocrit, All Groups 4.11 Morphology of Peripheral Blood . 4.12 Comparison of Hematological Findings in Children and Adults, Rongelap Group . 4.13 Discussion CHAPTER 5 5.1 82 82 INTERNAL RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION 89 Introduction 5.2 Physical Environment Studies 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Animal Studies . Human Studies .. Discussion. Conclusion. . : : : CHAPTER 6 RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . se : . . . . : . Ce 89 89 91 92 96 96 97 98 REFERENCES . ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER 1 1.10 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 INTRODUCTION The Living Area on Rongelap Island, Indicating the Light, Open-type of Construction . Histogram of Proportion of Total Done Contr ibuted by Various Energy Regions trom the Fallout Radiation Cumulative Dose as a Function of Time After the Detonation Comparative Depth Doses for Bilateral Exposure from a Small Source and Multiple Source 4n Exposure with Cobalt-60 Comparative Depth Doses in a Phantom Manof Initial Atomic Bomb Radiation and Radiation from a Field of Fission Products CHAPTER 2 17 18 21 21 22 CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND THERAPY 2.1 The Blood Count Changes in a Two Year Old Child with Fever . 2.2 The Blood Count Changes in a Fifty Year Old Man with Fever iy ae 27 28