we BNL diet survey Community A Community B Community C MSLC diet survey . OERATCO ENTREEASI Table 12. Diet survey and community diet pattern applied to each atoll or island. Likiep Rongelap Kili Ujelang Ailuk Utirik Majuro Enewetak Wotho Rongerik Bikar Ailinginae Mejit (Bikini)* Jemo Taka Bikini a4 Placed in community B according to Ref. 20; however, for purposes of this survey the MLSC survey data is applied to Bikini Atoll. prepared coconut meat in the BNL survey is 40 to 50% higher than that consumed according to the MLSC survey. The Pandanus fruit prepared is nearly double the MLSC consumption value. Fish consumption in the MLSC survey is within the range observed by BNL. The intake of squash and papaya is also very similar in the two reports. However, intake of shellfish, clams, coconut crabs, domestic meat, wild birds, breadfruit, and arrowroot is greater in the MLSC survey than in the BNL survey. In evaluating all available data on dietary habits in the Marshall Islands there are a few general conclusions to be drawn. (1) The dietary intakes used here are based on the most current diet surveys. (2) The dietary habits of a people are atoll specific and one should not arbitrarily generalize from one atoll to another. (3) There is still some uncertainty as to what an average diet really is at any atoll. (4) Many factors can affect the average diet over any specific year. (5) Further atoll-specific dietary studies are needed to improve the precision of the dose assessments. Throughout our discussion of diet and estimated dose, three expressions are used extensively: imports available, imports unavailable, and local foods. Imports-available conditions exist when field ships arrive on schedule and imported and local foods are 31