Figure. 1. Medical team.

for Cs'*".) These values are far below the accepted
maximum permissible body burdens.

Present Survey
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

The examination of the Rongelap people was
carried out at the Marshall Islands Memorial
Hospital at Majuro, Marshall Islands. (The people have been quartered at Majuro Atoll since the
initial examinations were completed at Kwajalein.) In addition to the irradiated group, a

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comparison groupof unirradiated Rongelap people was also examined.
The medical team consisted of nine American
physicians andscientists, one Marshallese practitioner, and six technicians (Figure 1). Continuity
of these studies has been aided bythe fact that
several members (physicians and technicians) have
been with the team since theinitial studies. This
is also important in regard to insuring standardization of techniques from year to year (particularly in regard to the hematological studies).
Following a three-week period of examinations
at Majuro, the medical team proceeded via Navy
LST to Utirik Island (some 350 miles distant)

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