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TABLE II
THYROID ABNORMALITIES (NODULES AND HYPOTHYROIDISM)--
.
Age (1954) < 10 yrs.
Island
Group
Rongelap
No. in
Group
19
Est imated
Thyroid
Dose in Rads*
I 700-1400
Age (1954) 10-19
%
Abnorma-
No. in
78.9
12
lities
Group
6
I 275-550
40
I 55-110
0.0
1
61
-
0.0
.
I 175-300
0.0
of 69
0.0
Y 14
Unexposed
(Rongelap
lities
1175
T 69
Utirik#*e
Dose in Rads*
h
Abnorma-
I 350-600
4175
Ailingnae***
Estimated
Thyroid
yrs.
0.0
16
I 25-55
-
7 14
36
Utirik)
°
-
0.0
*
I= Dose from B and 7 radionuclides; 7 = dose from external
**
Dosage in this group was the same as in the 20-40 year group.
7radflation.
**kxk In estimating the thyroid doses to the Ailingnae and Utirik expose group
it was assumed that these doses were proportional to the correspohding
thyroid doses of the Rongelap exposed group, based on relative whole body
gamma dose received.
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