THYROID NODULES
(INCLUDING HYPOTHYROIDISM)
IN MARSHALLESE POPULATIONS(3/68)
(R=Rongelap; A=Ailingnae; UT=Utirik; C=Unexposed)
A
<10
6
69
275-550
0.0
Ur
<10
40
14
55-110
0.0
c
<10
61
Rs
>110
36
175
160
5.5 (= 2)
A
>10
8
69
55
12.5 (* //
Ur
>10
59
14
15
3.4
(22 ) 7
C
>10
133
0
0
2.3
(2 35).5
<10
19
Gamma
Dose (rads)
to
Thyroid
Nodules
Age
At Exposure
R
No. in
Group|
Estimated
Thyroid Dose (I*, rads)
.
Group
175
—*
700-1400
0
0
Gp. 0
( chs).
0.0.
*In estimating the thyroid doses to the Ailingnae and Utirik exposed group,
it was assumed that such doses were proportional to the thyroid doses of
the Rongelap exposed group, based on relative whole body gamma dose received.
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