TABLE N.12 #1
RONGELAP: PLUTONIUN-239 URINARY EXCRETION (1981)®:>/
Age
No.
Below
detectible
limit
1-9
x 105
pCi/a
1-9
x 10-4
pci/a
1-5
x 103
pci/d
Males
5-loy
2
6 (258)
z
17 (71%)
1
10 - 20y
27
9 (33%)
7 (25%)
9 (33%)
2
2+ y
17
12 (71%)
1
3 (18%)
1
TOTAL
MALES
68 (100%)
27 (40%)
& (12%)
29 (43%)
4 (6%)
Fenales
5-10y
g
2 (22%)
4 (44%)
3 (33%)
10-2y
10
4 (40%)
5 (50%)
1 (10%)
2l+y
17
8 (47%)
6 (35%)
2 (18%)
TOTAL
FEXALES
36 (100%)
14 (39%)
1 (3%)
15 (42%)
6 (17%)
TOTALS ©
104 {100%)
{41} (40%)
9 (9%)
44 (42%)
20) (%)
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®- 3981 collection, determined by fission track method at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
All subjects had been in continuous residence (ar practically so) for their life span or
for more than 7 years. The urine volumes were standardized to 700 nl for age 10 and below;
l liter for females above 10; 1.2 liters for males 10 - 16, and 1.4 liters for males over
16 (per day).
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b/ Analyses on another 160 or so subjects are now being taken from the records for
tabulation and analysis. We are indebted to the Radiological Sciences Research Divisio
for this material, and to Messrs. Lessard and Taylor.
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