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FIGURE 2.3 #2
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YEAR
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1985
1990
Survival as a function of time after 1954.
The numbers exposed and whole-body doses were: Rongelap, 67
persons, 190 rem; Ailingnae, 19 persons, 110 rem; Utirik, 167
persons, ll rem. The unexposed group of 86 Rongelapese was matched
(age, sex) in 1957 to the Rongelap-Ailingnae group and has been
followed for survival annually.
(Figure courtesy of W. H. Adams, Brookhaven National Laboratory.)
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