CONTENTS RaDIONUCLIDE Bopy BURDEN EVALUATION . Introduction.. Estimation of the Internal Radiation Hazard. Experimental Procedures... 0... 0 ee Whole-Body Counting ..... Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra... .. Radiochemical Procedures .... 0... ..... cet en tater ee 20 0 2. we. re Radiochemical Analysis of Urine 0000000... Leet ye bee teenteee vee Whole-Body Counting With the Gamma Spectrometer. . SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 2000 oe ce eee ee cn tee teeterertes Importance of Medical Surveys... 00. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS oo oecccccce coe cecceeeetceneeeteveeeeee be eeeeve ceeee Ge tune tee vueeeeevene REFERENCES 2000000000 cccccee cesecee ceeeee dese tee bb teeeueeeeee as AppenpbIx 1. Rongelap Blood Counts... 0.0.00. ee ees Cette cree APPENDIX 2. Ailingnae Blood Counts... .....00..0. 00... Apprenpix 3, Hematological Findings, 1959.00.00 ee cece tttet estes Appenprx 4. Hematological Findings, 1960.... ....... Cite tee seeeeteeeteteteneee ee APPENDIX 5. Individual WBC, Basophil, and Alkaline Phosphatase, 1959-1960.. APPENDIX 6. Blood Groupings and Haptoglobins, 1958-1959, and BFT and Cholesterol Levels, 1959.00 0 lett ce cee APPENDIX 7, Cs'*? and Zn** Body Burdens.......... .. AppENDIX 8. Urinary Sr??.... oo. Loci crete ee Cee ee AbpENDuUM. A Note on the Vegetation of the Northern Islets of Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, March 1959 oak wenta oes tate bette 2.00. on. ~— Environmental Estimate... et te etree ee AWTay vey Results and Discussion...