CONTENTS
Introduction
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The Marshall Islands Medical Program ........... 2.0000 c eee eee eee eee nee
Policies ....... 0... ccc ee ne eee eee eee e beeen ne nen eennenas
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Patient Participation ...... 0.0... ee eee eee ee ee eee e eee eeel
Overall Survival 6.0.0.0... cent teen eee ened
Causes of Recent Mortality 2.0.0.0... ccc ee cee eect teen ened
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Laboratory Findings ... 0.0... 0... ct tte eee e eens
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Skin cancers 2... ee ee ee eee rete teers
Thyroid nodules 2.2... eee eee eee
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Radiation risks to the thyroid
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Factors influencing data interpretation ..........20-.. 000000 eee eee
Issues that can be addressed without invoking
data from the Comparison group
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