CONTENTS SUMMARY... ccssscsesssssssesseeceseesssccse cess coeseneucsssacanscseeesaseascecessenauratocseseasinscueceonessesonsveesanseaventens eeneseesnes cone Interval Medical History.........cccscsessscssssssseseesessssessesssersnsesseceesesneensatsnesssseaaseraeeessenessetsasnesenegetees 64 Physical Findings............cccssccscsssessssssssesessecscenesesnesnscseneersssneanenecesecacoaseetstensesas snes canasnenesaaanesgse4s 64 Thyroid Findings........0....cscsesessessseessesesstetseerseeneeees 64 64 Other Studies.......ccecssccsscscecscesssseesssecssesosasessneessesessaesnsssssasessceenseeeeessatsenesessnauavscass sega seneaese seenenen ees 65 Estimation of Internal Body Burden of Radionuclides..............cccscecce scenes reeneenee rece nese nensaenernes ACKNOWLEDGMENTS........ccccsssescossssescesesssssersonesessaecsesssasneataassenssesseseensseaegeeseacieconeeene ses taseseesaaesaenesesesne 65 REFERENGES .000...0cccccessccsscscsessesseecoseaneseecersceaeseassesesevecaceeseneeesessasseessaseneaeasecossecssassensaeesaerosanersassaenasseeas 66 APPENDIX 1. Bibliography...............ccsccccssseceeesesssser cee teaeecerereseeneanenseesteersnasceeteeneseescesrenseseeaseeneaes 69 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 79 Aprenvix 3. Individual Serum Iodine Determinations of Marshall Island Populations Under Study...............cccccssscscsssesees case seeeeseeaees 86 APPENDIX 4. Urinary Iodine Excretion... cccsscscesssescsscsseessssssesssesseeseeeseseareneseeeeeseaeaaans 93 APPENDIX 5, Cholesterol Levels...csccscesssssceessssesssessesesssessssssscessnessseseteensessensessneneasecsensecees 94 Aprenpix 6. Hospital Summaries of Thyroid Surgical Cases................cscceeccesesseees eset eansseneees 96 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 110 Appenpix 8. Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure... ceccccseesscsceeneesacaneasencaneresssessseseaserseeaes 112 Appenpix 9. Ailingnae Group and Control Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure..........cccccccsccsesscrsseeeescneteeeeeteeceseseesensseneeeneease 113 Appennix 10. Utirik Group Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure.................. 114 Appenpix 11. Individual Hematological Findings, 1965 0.000.000. cence cece eeee re seeeanee 115 APPENDIX 12. Individual Hematological Findings, 1966 ......0.0.0...0..cccccccceccseccceeseeesseeeensceneeenens 127 Appendix 13. Individual Basophil Determinations, 1965.00.00... eects eteeteneeeeees 135 Appennix 14. ChromosomeStudies on Marshallese People Exposed to Fallout Radiation bese 137 Appenpix 15. Total Blood and Red Cell Volume Data... cece cece ceeeceneeneeecneeentecies 149 Appenpix 16. Studies on Australia Antigen in Micronesian Populations..........0.0...0000.. 150 Appennix 17. Gamma Spectrographic Data, Rongelap People, 1965.00.00... ce eeeeeeeeteeees 154 Appenpix 18. Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 Retention Following an Acute Ingestion of Rongelap Food ..............::ccccceesese rene ceeeaeeenes 159 65