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TABLE II
THYROID ABNORMALITIES (NODULES AND HYPOTHYROIDISM)--

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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.

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**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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