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and the habitations.
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GUUOTRY Cr THE UXPOSURE
Time does not permit a discussion of the effect of this but it has been eluied
to earlier and deteils of the influence of geonetry of the exposure to biolozic
effect are in references (2,27).
SUPERFICIAL DOSUS CF RADIATION FA'M BETA AND SCFT GAMMA RADIATION
There is no doubt that the dose of radistion to the first few millimeters of
the skin is substentially higher than thet at the midline of the body from the
more penetrating sawna component,
Problems concerned with the estimation of the
dose of radiation to the skin are discussed in detail in reference 1, chapter l.
To arrive at sone physical estimate of the skin dose anadtenpt mist be made
to add up the contributions of the venetrating gamma, the less penetrating gamma,
the beta bath to which the individuals were exposed fron the relatively uniform
.
deposition of fission products in the enviroment and the point contact source of
miterial deposited on the skin,
By all means the largest component of skin irradis-
resulted fron the spotty local deposits of fallout material on exposed s rfaces of
ne body,
It is completely impossibleto estinate the dose from material that was
dcposited on the skin.
The relative hazard of the beta bath is discussed in detail
in the previously mentioned reference (1).
CUINICAT CRSERVATICNS AND TREVTMSUT
SYVPTCMS AND SIONS RELATED TO RADIATION INJURY
Itchins and burning of the skin occurred in 28% of the people on Rongelap,
20% of the group on Ailinginae and 5% of the Anericens,
referable to the skin in the individuals on Utirik,.
There were no symptoms
In eddition to the itching
of the skin there was burning of the eyes and lacrimation in people on Rongelap
and Ailinginae,
It is probable that these initial skin symptoms were due to im
radiation since al] individuals who experienced the initial symptons later developed unquestioned radiation iniuced skin lesions that will be descefbed in detail
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