Table 15. Average daily calcium intake for the Marshallese based on the MLSC diet when
imported foods are available.
Calcium
Intake
Calcium
Food
(mg per 100 g)*
(g/d)
(mg/d)
Fish
20
_ Turtle
187
[10
37
4.3
5
Meat
12
168
Breadfruit
22
27
Pandanus
10
9.2
0.92
Banana
7
0.02
0.001
Lobster
45
Sol
2.3
Milk
20
5.9
120
274
Coconut meat
10
63
Coconut fluid
30
142
43
Rice
10
234
23
306
25
Bread
Carbonated drink
Cannedjuices
gy>
g>
3°
328
6.3
102
86
338
27
Clams
100
8.9
8.9
Crabs
45
3.1
L4
Potatoes
10
127
Eggs
55
Ml
Pancakes
215
60
13
6.1
129
TOTAL
768°
4 Reference 39.
D Reference 40.
© The comparable value for the BNL community B dietary pattern is about 1000 mg
and for the community A dietary pattern it is about 1140 mg.
determined directly and not by comparison to radium.
Therefore rads are equivalent to
rems. Because bone marrow is considered a blood-forming organ (annual dose limit equals
500 mrem/y) and endosteal cells are in the other organ category (annual dose limit equals
1500 mrem/y), the bone marrow is the more sensitive organ in bone for
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