Vhyroid Noe ' «5 Including Uypothyroidism in the
Marshall
Populations as of March 1968
Persons Exposed
_
on
Age at
Exposure
Whole Bod,
‘imma
Dose (vei)
Estimated Added Thyroid
Dose from I*, (rads)
<<10
175
175
Ailingnae Island
<=10
>10
69
69
275 -
550
55
6
8
Utirik Island
<10
=10
14
14
55 -
110
15
40
Control Marshallese
<l0
>10
61
133
1)
0
0
0
Rongelap Island
=—10
700 - 1400
160
No. in
Group
19
36
59
No.
and Percent
with Nodules
17 (90%)
2 (5.5%)
0
Ll (12.5%)
0
2 (3.4%)
0
3 (2.3%)
Estimates of the doses to the-thyroids of the Rongelapese were recomputed by R, James and J, Gofman,
UCRL #12273, December, 1964, Estimates of the thyroid doses of the Ailingnae and Utirik people
were by proportionality to the respective whole body gamma doses,