1 : : 1 wa . 3705 -— In the dose model for 3705, it is assumed that the loss of 137 Cs from the body can te described as an exponential loss with a . . . a 10-ib turnover tire that varies as a function of age. The annual dose is calculated, always taxing into account the residual body curden from : the previcus year. : e . e . Body mass as a function of age is taken from Sriers. el Initial dietary, intakes are caiculated and doses are predicted, based upon the initial intake and the exponential loss of 137 Cs in the diet at a rate equal to the physical haif-time cf 13Tos, Diet — The diet for adults is that iisted in the original report NVO-140, For children from ages 1 through 10, the intake of ecconut milk and coconut meat is doubled to 600 and 200 g/day, respectively. These two products are the rost likely to be consumed in greater quantity by children than by adults. The rest or the diet for children is assumed to be one-half of the adult diet. ive At age 10, it is assumed that the child is on the Tull aduit ciet. until age 14 or 15. A children are not usually considered to i From information available, this is a conservative assumption in that ch the averace adult intake Eowever, because of the diet chenzes which cecur available) it is eccenvenient to use this point for adjusting the child the adult diet, and if anything, this adjustment produces a slightly conservative dcse estimate for the children due to the hisn in the adult diet. ct oi at 10 yr (i.e., randanus, breadfruit, coconut. etc., which become