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