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Table 18
Sr* in Marshallese 24-hr Urine Samples, April 1962
No.of
Age, subSr®*,
Group yr jects _ pC/!
Exposed
Male
1-15
P15
Female 1-15
>15
Total 1-15
>15
Nonexposed
Male
1-1§
>15
Female 1-15
>iS
Total 1-15
PIS
Total
All
All
1-15
>1S
3
7
2
8
5
18
1
Ca,
mg/l
9.33%1.70" 52414
9.06%1.11 175426
9.60%2.30
25411
15.89%2.50 104412
9Q44e1.18
4iell
12.70+1.66
137416
189418
53% §
426+%96
165226
284+66
28.6020
140+ 0
204% 0
7
1
il
8.8842.46
—10.24%3.07
28.6020
9.754%2.07
6
12.6343.34
4
26
Sr®,
pC/gCa
1.45%1.30
113420
129411
—_——
100449
140+ 0
11031
6614
—
14328
2042 0
42% 9
270+55
126416
115221
ll4dx14
*Standard error of estimate.
Routine physical examinations of adults revealed that the slight differences in incidence of
various diseases in the exposed group compared
with the control group could likely be explained
by the somewhat greater number of older people
in the exposed group.
An ophthalmological survey revealed a slight
increase in the incidence of pterygia and pingueculae in the exposed group. As reported previ-
ously, this may be related to fallout exposure of the
eyes. There were also several cases of corneal pigmentation which may have been related to fallout
exposure. There was no evidence in the exposed
people of retinal burns which might have resulted
from observation of the fireball at the time of the
accident in 1954.
A cancer detection survey was done which included, in addition to thorough ~nysical examinations, pelvic examinations in mature women with
Papanicolaou staining of smears, rectal examinations in adults, and hematological studies for leukemia detection, which included the determination of alkaline phosphatase levels of leukocytes
and basophil counts of 4000 white cells. No cases
of malignancy or leukemia were detected.
Pediatric examinations revealed no marked differences in abnormalities between exposed and
unexposed children and no diseases that could be
related to radiation effects. Growth and development studies, as previously reported, showed that:
the boys exposed at an early age (<6 yr and particularly 12 to 18 months) were slightly shorter in
stature and weighedslightly less than the unexposed cr «ren of comparable age. No such differences were noted in the exposed compared with
the unexposed girls. Skeletal age determined by
wrist roentgenography showed that both the boys
and the girls in the exposed group were slightly
retarded, the boys showing the greater deficit. The
greatest retardation was noted in 4 boys who had
been 16 to 17 months old at exposure. Male children (but not female) born of exposed parents
(after the fallout) tended to be smaller in stature
at all ages than children of unexposed parents.
Table 19
Se® Analyses of Bone and Crab Samples
Original
net wt., g
Bone
Rib
Vertebra
Crab
Ash
g
Sr*, dis/min
%
1.48
2.60
878
111
1165
209
902
705
136
99
Per total sample
16.4+0.6*
33.8+0.0
12.7
15.1
17.9
14.0
Per g ash
11.120.4
13.0+0.3
1462
+5
850
+4
Ca,
% inash
36.6
36.0
$0.0
964 x+4
40.0
1518 +6
49.6
“The error term accompanying each result is the Poisson error of counting.
34.4
Sr®,
pC/gCa
13.7+0.5
16.3-20.4
1317
«4
1113
+5
1086 +4
1378 +5