TABLE N.12 #1
RONGELAP: PLUTONIUM-239 URINARY EXCRETION (1981)4:b/
Age
No.
Below
detectible
1-9
x 105
limit
pei/d
1-9
x 1o4
pci/d
1-5
x 10-3
pci/d
Males
5-l0y
24
6 (25%)
-
17 (71%)
1
10-2y
27
9 (33%)
7 (25%)
9 (33%)
2
21+ y
17
12 (71%)
l
3 (18%)
1
TOTAL
MALES
68 (100%)
27 (40%)
8 (12%)
29 (43%)
4 (6%)
Females
5-l0y
9
2 (22%)
4 (44%)
3 (33%)
10 - 2 y
10
4 (40%)
5 (50%)
1 (10%)
2l+ y
17
8 (47%)
6 (35%)
2 (18%)
TOTAL
FEMALES
36 (100%)
14 (39%)
1 (3%)
15 (42%)
6 (17%)
TOTALS
104 (100%)
42 (40%)
9 (9%)
44 (42%)
9 (9%) |
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#/ 1981 collection, determined by fission track methed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
All subjects had been in continuous residence (or practically so) for their life span or
for more than 7 years. The urine volumes were standardized to 700 ml for age 10 and below;
l liter for females above 10; 1.2 liters for males 10 - 16, and 1.4 liters for males over
16 (per day).
b/ Analyses on another 160 or 30 subjects are now being taken from the records for
tabulation and analysis. We are indebted to the Radiological Sciences Research Division
for this material, and to Messrs. Lessard and Taylor.
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