APPENDIX B
Individual Marshallese laboratory data collected during the 1985, 1986, and 1987 medical surveys. (Identification
numbers 1 to 86 belong to exposed persons of Rongelap and Ailingnae; numbers beginning at 2102 belong to the
Utirik exposed; numbers from 805 through 1578 belong to the Comparison group).
Abbreviations:
PID = Brookhaven National Laboratoryidentification number
SEX = 1 - Male, 2- Female
AGE = years
WBC = leukocyte count/,l
PMN = neutrophil count/yl
BAND = band forms/yl
LYMPH = lymphocytes/ul
MONO = monocytes/yl
EOS = eosinophils/yl

BASO = basophils/ yl

PLT = platelet count x 10°/ul
HCT = percent

RBC = erythrocytes x 10°/yl
MCV = mean corpuscular volumein fl
HGB = hemoglobin level in g/dl
TSH = thyroid stimulating hormone level in yU/1
PRL = serum prolactin in ng/ml
T4 = thyroxine in yg/dl
TPR = total protein in g/dl
ALB = albumin in g/dl

GLOB = globulin in g/dl
A/G = albumin/globulin ratio
CAL = calcium in mg/dl
FBS = fasting blood sugar in mg/dl
HBAIC = glycosylated hemoglobin AIC in percent

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