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.

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