CONTENTS (Continued) Diage 3.7) Discussion Oe 3.4 Conclustoas . CHAPTER 4 . HEMATOLOGY . . : . - . : . : 4.1 Introduction . . 4.2 General Methods . 4.3) 4.4. 4.5 Methods of Treating Data, Control Groups . Hematological Findings, General . . Rongelap Group . . . . . : 4.6 Ailinginae Group 4.7 Utirik Group 4.8 Rongercth Group (Amerrie ans) 4.9) Monocytes and Eostnophiles, All Groups . . . : . . . . 68 . 63 , . BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 G65 79 : . : . 8&0 . : . . . : . . . 80 . . . . . : . . . . BO . . . . . . . ol 4.10 Hematocrit, All Groups . . . . . . . 4.11 Morphology of Peripheral Blood . . 4.12 Comparison of Hematological Findings in c hildren and Adults, Rongelap Group . . . . . . . . . . 4.13) Diseussion . . . . . : . . . : . . . ai . . . . . 82 82 9.1 5.2 5.3. 5.4 5.5 5.6 . 4d . CHAPTER 5 . a 2 . INTERNAL RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION Introduction . Physical Environment Studies Animal Studies . . : Human Studies .. . . Discussion. . . . Conclusion. . . . CHAPTER 6 . . . . . . RECOMMENDATIONS REFERENCES . : : . . . . . . : . : . . . : . . . . . . . 89 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . : . . . . . . . . 89 89 91 92 96 96 : . . . . gf . . 98 . . . , . ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER 1) INTRODUCTION 1.t The Living Area on Rongelap Island, Indicating the Light, . . . 17 1.2. . . . . ‘18 2i 1.4 Histogram of Proportion of Total Dose Contr ibuted by Various Energy Regions trom the Fallout Radiation : . Cumulative Dose as a Function of Time After the Detonation . Comparative Depth Doses for Bilateral Exposure from a Small . ai 1.5 Comparative Depth Doses in a Phantom Manof Initial Atomic Bomb Open-type of Construction Source and Multiple Source 4a Exposure with Cobalt-60 Radiation and Radiation from a Field of Fission Products . . . . . . . 22 The Blood Count Changes in a Two Year Old Child with Fever . The Blood Count Changes ina Fifty Year Old Man with Fever . . . . . at 28 CHAPTER 2. 2.1 2.2 . CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND THERAPY pan of