Table 6

Risk Coefficients? for Marshall Islanders,

5~Year Latent Period

Excess

Group

Years

Thyroid

Total

at

Risk

Cancers

Person-Rad

Risk

Coefficient

Age 1954

Number

<10
10-18
>18

85
32
120

2.2
2.7
1.9

120,000
21,000
56,000

17.2
22.7
11.2

L.ix107®
5.8x107°
3.0x1076

237

6.8

200,000

14.9

2.3x107°

Tocal

4Thyroid cancers per person-rad~-years at risk, based on thyroid dose from
internal plus external sources.

Table 7
Estimated Risk Coefficient? for Internal and External Exposure

10-Year Latent Period

5-Year Latent Period

External

Internal

External

Internal

Risk

Risk

Risk

Risk

Coefficient

Coeffictent

Coefficient

Coefficient

85
32
120

3.31076
3.3x107°
1.0x1078

1.4x10786>)
8 .0x1075
6.1x1076

2.5x1076
2.5x1076
1.3x1076

1.0x107°
6.3x107°
3.3x107°

237

2.1x1078

4.7x107°

1.9x107°

2.9x107°

Group
age 1954

<10
10-18
>18

Total

Number

“Thyroid cancers per person-rad-years at risk.
ba value of 1.3x1076 results when 4.9x107° is used for the external risk
coefficient.

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