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jn the interviews none of them listed dried fish as having been eaten during
the time before evacuation. 2°)
Under these circumstances it is reasonable
to assume that children drank the same amount of, water and, therefore, hed
the same intake as adults; iL.e., their thyvoid burdens were also 11.2 pe of
yiet (range 5.6 - 22.4 ye).
The most probable dose from prot ids then 490 rad and the total dose
1270 rad. Considering 8. range in the thyroid burden (5.6 - 22.4 He ) and a
“thyroid weight range of 1.9 - 3-2 gms, the range of total dose is 520 - 3300
rad.
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Incidentally, LASL assumed this mode of intake and calculated a dose
of 150 rea.)
The thyroid weight used was not. given but was probably 20
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We would calculate 160 rad, in very good agreement with the LASL
grams.
estimate.
Oumnary
thyroid Dose (Rads) to Rongelap Girls Ages 3 - 4
Inhalation
Whole Body
.RadLoiodine
Total
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Oral. Ingestion
Min
Max
Most Probable
Min
Max
Most Probable
150
200
175
150
=200
175
200 ° 1350
510
520
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L270
350
685
670
3500
1445
1550
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The actual intake was undoubtedly a combination of the two modes of
The most probable dose is, therefore, in the range 700 - 1400 rads.
intake.
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