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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