TABLE
THYROID NODULES
(INCLUDING HYPOTHYROIDISM)
IN MARSHALLESE POPULATIONS (3/68)
(R=Rongelap; A=Ailingnae; UT=Utirik; C=Unexposed)
Estimated
te
Thyroid
Nodules
90.0
69
275-550
0.0
40
14
55-110
0.0
<10
61
0
>10
36
>10
Group
Age
At Exposure
<10
No. in
Group
19
Gamma
Dose (rads)
175
A
<10
6
ur
<10
oO
R
Thyroid
Dose (I*, rads)
700-1400
0
0.0
175
160
5.5
8
69
55
12.5
>10
59
14
15
3.4
>10O
133
0
0
2.3
*In estimating the thyroid doses to the Ailingnae and Utirik exposed group,
it was assumed that such doses were proportional to the thyroid doses of
the Rongelap exposed group, based on relative whole body gamma dose received.