Th
Age at
Group

Ron,

exposure

< 10

4p exposed

10-18°

(175 rads)

> 18

All

Ailingnae exposed

< 10

thyroid

dose?,

rads

810-1150

335-810

335

275-450

In utero exposed

All

Utirik exposed

Est.

556e

10-18
> 18
All

Rong. + Ail.

>vid Lesions in Marshallese, Ma:
fa Subjects? with

No. subjects

bo Subjects” wit

thyroid lesions

with surgery

malignant lesi

89.5(17/19)

21.2 (7/33)4

2h

6.3

(4/64)

26

4,7

(4/86)

1

1.7

(1/58)

0.0 (0/1)
36.4 (4/11)
33.3 (6/18)

1f

175+?
69+?

33.3 (1/3)
0.0 (0/1)

1
0

14.3 (3/21)
7.6 (6/79)
7.0 (11/158)

Rong. + Ail. + Utirik

All

30-1150

18.4 (45/244)

Rongelap unexposed

< 10
10-18
> 18
All

3.4 (2/58)

0.0
13.3
5.7
4.3

(0/72)
(2/15)
(7/122)
(9/209)

4.4 (4/90)

< 10

10-18
> 18
All

12.5 (2/16)
9.4 (3/32)
6.5 (9/338)

4.8
1.3
1.9

(1/21)
(1/79)
(3/158)

34

2.9

(7/244)

0
2
2
4

0.8
0.5

(1/122)
(1/209)

3

1.1

(1/90)

0
8)
3

< 10
10-18
> 18
All

0.0
0.0
5.6
3.4

(0/43)
(0/17)
(5/89)
(5/149)

0
0
0
0

NYotje unexposed

< 10
10-18
> 18
All

A.9
6.3
5.0
5.1

(4/82)
(1/16)
(3/60)
(8/158)

1
0
0
1

All unexposed

< 10

3.1 (9/287)

4

5.9 (18/303)

2

> 18

All

(2/33)

2
5
8

Likiep unexposed

10-18

6.1

0
3
4

39.5 (34/86)

27-60
30
50&

Utirik unexposed

(1/12)

33.3 (2/6)

60-95

(1/19)

8.3

4

42.2(27/64)

5.3

2

190
135
217¢

135-1150

10-18
> 18
All

15

25.0 (3/12)

< 10

(14 rads)

1.978

7.8 (5/64)

2

4.9 (32/654)

8

0.3 (1/287)
0.3 (1/303)

0.3 (2/654)

calculations
“Dose from 131, 1327, 1337 and 1357 plus gamma; mean dose extrapolated from
adults and 3-year olds.
OB e

‘on number of people

-«posed,

excluding those in utero

(number of cases/total number in

g

“The thyroid is considered to be fully developed by about age 18.
“weighted mean dose.
Jone additional case of adenoma, found at autopsy, not included here.
Lt was scored as benign.
‘Pathologists differed as to whether this lesion was malignant;
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