1 Human Beings
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Cronkite/Bond/Conard
Table III. Total thyroid absorbed-dose estimate
Table V. Total thyroid absorbed-dose estimate
Rongelap Island
Occult
Cancer
ha UA oe
Age
odules and canat exposure had
‘ groups [3].
ation between
yroid and per-
legory for all
12.00
Adult Male
Adult Female
Fourteen- ¥ ear-Old
1.60
2.20
1.70
2.30
Twelve- Year-Old
Nine- Year-Old
Six- Year-Old
One- Year-Old
Newborm
In Utero. 3rd tri.
Jn Utero, 2nd tri.
16.00
20.00
24.00
50.00
2.50
6.80
—
18.06
22.00
26.00
52.00
4.40
8.70
_
Twelve- Year-Old
2.40
2.50
Adult Female
Fourteen- Year-Old
Twelve- Year-Old
ion with can-
Nine- Year-Old
Six- Year-Old
One-Year-Old
lism peaksat
ted average
Newborn
and Utirik
‘eases with
in Utero, 2nd tri.
In Utero, 3rd tri.
the persons
Average Estimate. Gy
Internal
Total
10,00
Adult Male -
tles, hypothy“action develdose up to an
Age
Adult Maie
Adult Female
Fourteen-Year-Old
2n age at expo-
Utirik Island
Average Estimate. Gy
Internal
Total
11.00
14.06
13.00
16.00
Maximum Estimate. Gy
40.00
42.00
44.00
56.00
64.00
80.00
96.00
200.00
10.00
27.00
—
46.00
58.00
66.00
82.00
98.00
200.00
12.00
29.00
—
1.50
1.60
Nine-Year-Oid
Six- Year-Old
One- Year-Old
3.00
3.40
6.70
3.10
3.50
6.80
Newborn
In Utero, 3rd tri.
In Utero, 2nd tri.
0.48
0.98
2.60
0.59
1.10
2.70
Adult Male
Adult Female
Fourteen- Year-Old
J welve-Year-Old
Maximum Estimate. Gy
6.00
6.40
6.10
6.50
8.80
9.60
8.90
9.70
Nine- Year-Old
12.00
Six- Year-Old
14,00
One- Year-Old
Newborn
27,00
1.90
12.00
14.00
27.00
2.00
In Utero, 3rd tri.
3.90
4.00
In Utero, 2nd tri.
10.00
10.00
xample, the
ith a maxjear-old, the
of 200 Gy.
ller the thy:¢ burden of
‘ally greater.
Table IV. Total thyroid absorbed-dose estimate
Sifo Island
Average Estimate, Gy
Internal
Total
Age
Adult Male
Adult Female
Fourteen- Year-Old
Twelve- Year-Old
Nine-¥ ear-Old
Six-Year-Old
One-Year-Old
Newborn
In Utero, 3rd tri.
In Utero, 2nd tri.
Adult Male
Adult Female
Fourteen- Year-Old
Twelve- Year-Old
8300 4001-5000
13.00
14.00
=
—
_
4,90
Maximum Estimate. Gy
11.20
12.00
11.60
13.00
16.00
17.60
18.00
19.00
23.00
One- Year-Old
Newborn
In Utero, 3rd tri.
§2.00
_
_
53.00
—_
—
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26.00
20.06
roid size as a function of age. the excretion of
'3*] in 24 h urine samples at 17 days. the biological half-life and the measured '*'I in air samples. The major route of radioisotopes into the
body was via ingestion. Inhalation was a minor
route. Details of the dose reconstruction from
all of the factors enumerated above are consid-
ered in detail by Lessard eral. [3].
_
6.10
22.00
In Utero, 2nd tri.
|
4.00
4.10
5.30
5.70
6.60
7.60
Nine- Year-Old
Six- Year-Old
“action of
E develop
yroidism
2.80
2.90
4.10
4,50
5,40
6,40
Thyroidal dose was based onthe distribution of the 1odine family of radioisotopes in fission products, their decay rates. arrival of
fallout, time on the contaminated atolis, thy-
27.00
21.60
Other Radioisotopes
Extensive studies were performed on the
urine of the exposed persons. tissues of pigs
and chickens and newly-laid eggs. Details of
animal studies are published [1]. Briefly. autora-
diographs of bones were positive and the intensity of radioactivity in eggs diminished with
successive eggs.
The mean body burdens of the Rongelap
groupat 82 days was based on measurements