TABLE
THYROLD NODULES
(INCLUDING HYPOTHYROIDISM)
IN MARSHALLESE POPULATIONS (3/68)
(R=Rongelap; A=Ailingnae; UT=Utirik; C=Unexposed)
Estimated
%
Thyroid
Thyroid
Group
Age
At Exposure
<10
Group_
19
Dose (rads)
175
A
<10
6
69
275-550
0.0
UT
<10
40
14
55-110
0.0
c
<10
61
0
R
>10
36
A
>10
UT
C
R
No.
in
Gamma
Dose (1*, rads)
700-1400
Nodules
90.0
0
0.0
175
160
5.5
8
69
55
12.5
>10
59
14
i5
3.4
>10
133
0
0
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*In estimating the thyroid doses to the Ailingnae and Utirik exposed group,
it was assumed that such doses were proportional to the thyroid doses of
the Rongelap exposed group, based on relative whole body gamma dose received.
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