CONTENTS
SUMMARY... ccssscsesssssssesseeceseesssccse cess coeseneucsssacanscseeesaseascecessenauratocseseasinscueceonessesonsveesanseaventens eeneseesnes cone
Interval Medical History.........cccscsessscssssssseseesessssessesssersnsesseceesesneensatsnesssseaaseraeeessenessetsasnesenegetees
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Physical Findings............cccssccscsssessssssssesessecscenesesnesnscseneersssneanenecesecacoaseetstensesas snes canasnenesaaanesgse4s
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Thyroid Findings........0....cscsesessessseessesesstetseerseeneeees
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Other Studies.......ccecssccsscscecscesssseesssecssesosasessneessesessaesnsssssasessceenseeeeessatsenesessnauavscass sega seneaese seenenen ees
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Estimation of Internal Body Burden of Radionuclides..............cccscecce scenes reeneenee rece nese nensaenernes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS........ccccsssescossssescesesssssersonesessaecsesssasneataassenssesseseensseaegeeseacieconeeene ses taseseesaaesaenesesesne
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REFERENGES .000...0cccccessccsscscsessesseecoseaneseecersceaeseassesesevecaceeseneeesessasseessaseneaeasecossecssassensaeesaerosanersassaenasseeas
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APPENDIX 1.
Bibliography...............ccsccccssseceeesesssser cee teaeecerereseeneanenseesteersnasceeteeneseescesrenseseeaseeneaes
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Appenpix 2.
UCRL 12273 - Estimate of Radiation Dose to Thyroids of the Rongelap
Children Following the Bravo Event and Calculation of Urinary Radioiodine
Excretion. .....cccccccecsccceececessesecseesenseces suessseessasceenssseeesessentenseseneescaes cenesaesaeonsnesoeseaeetes
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Aprenvix 3.
Individual Serum Iodine Determinations
of Marshall Island Populations Under Study...............cccccssscscsssesees case seeeeseeaees
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APPENDIX 4.
Urinary Iodine Excretion... cccsscscesssescsscsseessssssesssesseeseeeseseareneseeeeeseaeaaans
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APPENDIX 5, Cholesterol Levels...csccscesssssceessssesssessesesssessssssscessnessseseteensessensessneneasecsensecees
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Aprenpix 6.
Hospital Summaries of Thyroid Surgical Cases................cscceeccesesseees eset eansseneees
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Appenpix 7.
Malignancies Recorded in Marshall Islands, May 1952 — October 1962 and
Numberof Patients With Malignant Neoplasms Discharged From Hospitals,
1962 = 1965 one ec cee ceeeseersssenesteceracaneneeteessssensasesetsnensassensseasanensassasscssssesaeasenes
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Appenpix 8.
Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts
at Various Times After Exposure... ceccccseesscsceeneesacaneasencaneresssessseseaserseeaes
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Appenpix 9.
Ailingnae Group and Control Mean Blood Counts
at Various Times After Exposure..........cccccccsccsesscrsseeeescneteeeeeteeceseseesensseneeeneease
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Appennix 10.
Utirik Group Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure..................
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Appenpix 11.
Individual Hematological Findings, 1965 0.000.000. cence cece eeee re seeeanee
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APPENDIX 12.
Individual Hematological Findings, 1966 ......0.0.0...0..cccccccceccseccceeseeesseeeensceneeenens
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Appendix 13.
Individual Basophil Determinations, 1965.00.00... eects eteeteneeeeees
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Appennix 14.
ChromosomeStudies on Marshallese People Exposed to Fallout Radiation bese
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Appenpix 15.
Total Blood and Red Cell Volume Data... cece cece ceeeceneeneeecneeentecies
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Appenpix 16.
Studies on Australia Antigen in Micronesian Populations..........0.0...0000..
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Appennix 17.
Gamma Spectrographic Data, Rongelap People, 1965.00.00... ce eeeeeeeeteeees
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Appenpix 18.
Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 Retention
Following an Acute Ingestion of Rongelap Food ..............::ccccceesese rene ceeeaeeenes
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