Work Location: United States Descriptors: *CESIUM 137--*RADIATION MONITORING; *COBALT 60--*RADIATION MONITORING; *ENIWETOK--*RADIATION MONITORING; *FALLOUT DEPOSITS--* VARIATIONS; *HUMAN POPULATIONS--*RADIATION DOSES; *PLUTONIUM 239--* RADIATION MONITORING; *STRONTIUM 90--*RADIATION MONITORING; AERIAL MONITORING; ANIMALS; BODY; ENVIRONMENT; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; FOOD CHAINS; GAMMA SOURCES; HEALTH HAZARDS; INGESTION; INHALATION; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; ISLANDS; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAMPLING; SKELETON; SOILS; THRRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TIME DEPENDENCE ‘ Subject Codes (NSA): N44500* Environmental & Earth Sciences--Site Surveys; N44340 Environmental & Earth Sciences--Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport--Ecosystems & Food Cycles 10/5/41 (Item 41 from file: 109) 1003603 NSA-30-003608 14 deaths among 165 serious radiation cases since 1945 (Perspective on radiation accidents) Majborn, B. Danish Atomic Energy Commission, Risoe Ingenioer-nytt, v. 10, no. 6, pp. 3-5 Publication Date: 8 Feb 1974 Coden: IGNTB Journal Announcement: NSA30 Document Type: Journal Article Language: Norwegian Subfile: NSA (Nuclear Science Abstracts) Work Location: Norway Descriptors: *RADIATION ACCIDENTS--*RADIATION INJURIES; *REACTOR ACCIDENTS--*RADIATION INJURIES; CRITICALITY; DEATH; FALLOUT; KLYSTRONS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; SEALED SOURCES; SL-1 REACTOR; X RADIATION Subject Codes (NSA): N48510* Life Sciences--Radiation Effects on Animals --Man 10/5/42 884470 (Item 42 from file: NSA-18-017491 109) RADIATION AND CAUSE OF SICKNESS Meyer, L.M. South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, American Journal of Public Health, Supplement Publication Date: Jan. 1964 51-6 p. Coden: AJHSA Journal Announcement: NSA18 Document Type: Journal Article Language: English N.Y. (U.S.) v 54. The health status of a group of people exposed to accidental Eallout in March, 1954, following the detonation of an experimental nuclear device at the Bikini testing site in the Marshall Islands, is reported. In “addition to the 23 Japanese fishermen, the largest fallout exposure was sustained by 64 inhabitants on the Island of Rongelap, 105 miles from the detonation Site. This gave an estimated dose of 175 r of whole-body gamma radiation, contamination of skin sufficient to result in BETA -ray burns, and slight internal absorption of radioactive materials through inhalation and ingestion. Medical examinatio- n of these subjects nine yr after exposure showed slight reductions of all blood cell counts below control levels, well within the normal range; retardation of growth of male children, especially those exposed at ages 12 to 18 months; but . Le complete healing of skin burns, with occasional areas of depigmentation and isolated instances of ,,, CO benign pigmented nevi; complete regrowth of hair in persons sulfering Co epilation; and no instances of leukemia, malignancy, suggestion of increase: in the aging process, or decrease in the fertility rate. Whole-body courts of exposed and control subjects were made in 1958 and 1961. Body burdens of various fission products are presented. (BBB) Descriptors: ABSORPTION; ACCIDENTS; AGE; BETA PARTICLES; BIKINI; BLOOD CELLS; BODY; BURNS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROL; DEPOSITS; DISEASES; FALLOUT; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RADIATION; HAIR;