CONTENTS
RADIONUCLIDE BoDy BURDEN EVALUATION......0..00:c:ccceeceeeeeeseeeseeeaeeeneees tees aensesenenns
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Introduction... cceccceececcceceseeecesesececeeceeceneecseeessaecnaecesaeseneneeneceseeesesasaaecesenneanes
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Estimation of the Internal Radiation Hazard. ...........c.ceeecceeeecceeseee cree eeceeeenenes
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"Experimental Procedures.............-:esc:::sscesseecseeceeeseeecoseeeeescireteseeeeseneaesaseeeseaeeeenss
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Whole-Body Counting.............::ccscscecsesecesceeseesceceeneeceeeseaseneaasaeenssnsaesesnarseseens
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Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra... cccccecec cece eeee cnet ereeceeeeeeserneneneaeeeees
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Radiochemical Procedures...............::ccccescceeeeecccececeeeseteeseseeaneasansesaeeseeseneeeeenas
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Results and Discussion. .............::cccccceeeececeecceeeceeeceesneceteceseaeeereneeseveneaeaspecguevesreesenes
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Radiochemical Analysis of Urine... cece ccceeeceesc ete e tee ceeeueneseeeseaeeneneees
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Whole-Body Counting With the Gamma Spectrometet.........0.....:0. ees
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. ....2...ccccecceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeesnecessaeeenscestaaeeneneceesseees leteveeeeeees
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Importance of Medical Surveys..........2...ccccccccceeeccceeseensecceeece senses seneeeeetesteesevseey
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 0.020. cccccccceeceeesetceceeceeceeseeeeeeeneeueeeeecsnsaaeeseseseeeeeeeseenetereenegsneiees
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REFERENCES ooscoosssssorstesststnresnsecic,, DOE ARCHIVESbesten
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ApPENDIX 1. Rongelap Blood Counts. ....0.......ccccccccccccccceccenceeee te eeeseeeeceeseeeseteesees
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AppeNpDIXx 3. Hematological Findings, 1959.00... ceccceeeeceeceseteeteenereeneceneenenes
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Appenpix 9. Individual WBC, Basophil, and Alkaline Phosphatase, 1959-1960..
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APPENDIX 6. Blood Groupings and Haptoglobins, 1958-1959, and
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APPENDIX 7. Cs’** and Zn® Body Burdens... o.oo cee ecececeeeeseeeensseseeceenaeensrersees
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APPENDIX 8. Urinary or? cece eees scnaeececceccecesceesttsepecsnascseeseeseneaeeeeeeeeres
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AppEeNpumM. A Note on the Vegetation of the Northern Islets
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