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diet intake (all foods combined) so we can get a distribution
(histogram) of intakes by individuals.
Gilbert:
Good idea.
Bai r:
Should look at this distribution
Wachholz:
Are the diet results biased?
Francis:
The results of the different
for different population
groups.
diet studies (Jan’s versus the present
diet survey) don’t vary a great deal.
Are we spending too much
time worrying about the diet?
Robison:
The Advisory Group should review the diet data handed out today.
Francis:
What are the potassium
Robison:
We are looking at the data.
levels in samples?
foods has been measured.
The calcium concentrations
in native
It’s about 0.8 g/day on Enewetak.
It’s
about 1 g/day in the U.S.
Planting Coconut Trees
Robison:
Doesn’t feel it makes any difference whether coconut trees are
planted on the northern islands.
If a person lives on Enjebi then
he will plant and eat coconuts from Enjebi
If coconuts are planted
on other northern islands, the concentration
in those coconuts will
be less than those on Enjebi.
the average radionuclide
To the extent these coconuts are eaten
intake would decline.
If people
live on
the southern islands, they won’t go all the way to the northern
islands to get those coconuts.
Maximum Individual
Robison:
We are using 3~as
individual
an indication of the maximum probable
dose to’an
(; = maximum annual dose).
There are three major places of uncertainty
diet, radionuclide
concentrations
in dose calculations:
in food, and uncertainties
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