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Table + Radiolsoteges (Gtsiiegrations Te? minute per gram) in rations from Rongelap
Island (dry-weigi.t basis).
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The.
Cun
“Lu5
£2 = 2E
i252
Wes ao id
0.43 = 22
m3
=.ls
Lev a 25
y
U.33 = 16
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ag
It
Wased
U7
mol
-J.23
is.t
21.1
17.6
5.6
16.1
—D1p
20.0 = U.38
J
=
2
&
x
=
0.50
O87
0.33
0.28
0.29
3.0 0.17
2.6 2 0.21
ure
nat there ure errors in addition to the counting
wrcar Water CQUNGT Ye sda
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Was allcwed to dele over
saved ut 3 «rons
Maud ter Vouuin
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rations
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COMDNATISON
TOTIMe?
neue of Paiscier of
tut
Goo
me
individual
and luciitates evaluacion of the contriburions
Geeta
wel
wefhig?, Won, and ane were
Miifieaby oy mietiod
in each lets the
y@ ictual amounts con-
We
Gin 1011 ul their C
Ts “avatnaing tie chemical constiiuents
ed by an indivicual Ina 24-hr veriod,
Oss ent of tie roral diet is or much
resin,
shown that the
tonal elements nich
By comparing the proximate
onia a strongly basic anion-exchanze
Ly and are selectively cluted at di
with,“lhe published chemical compostion of
v HCi. Following the same princinie, Jove 4
“akravarti (ivu0) susgested tecanQues Tout were
anmied To these sampies.
Protein nitrogen was CGeterminea by the Njelaan method,
Fat was determined by a mo
“ohnson method (Winton and Winton
Meth siene chloride was the extracting
Ash content was determined as the nitrate Lovie
some OF The items constituting the samples,
it is possible to account for ihe variation in
moisture, fat, protein, carbohydrate and ash
courent of the different diets.
iiformation on the nutritional as-
the Rongelapese diet is limited, com-
of the data with daia for other areas
sroinai!y uot meaningtul. The gross per-
by drying an aliquot of the ashed sampie to cun-
centage composition indicates that the diets
stant weight.
are venerally low in fat, protein, and ash but
>
rr a othe wet
Miuisture content was calculated
Wonht to dry-weight ratio.
tie
6
Voud corbebyarate and like sUDStances Were estii
nkG UY subiructing moisture, iat,
wat trom the total solids and caiculating tue care
bohnyerate content by ditereuce
ue}
“
_
in carb ohydrate content,
at. in Table 3 are compared
me
nang ty
~
aut
show OYOX way
raat Saeed
wet Weight oasis (Tanies
CIUeNis
net
at naan
MHC LECCE Content oit
TUDES.
MaNs Ulead)
Shels
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2
3
+
3
4
me
Tea
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33 2 12"
hy
i
amended daily digiary allow-
ances mehitshed! by the Food and Nuzrition
Board of tue Nationa: Researeh Council, the
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