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CDR. CRONKITE:
DR. DUNHAM:

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That is correct.

They will be predicated on what

turns up the next time or two out of couse.

Say two years

after the initial exposure, frm then on, how often would be
useful?
CDR,

CRONKITE:

DR. DUNHAM:

I don't Know.

Once a year perhaps.

Does anybody believe that leukemia

will be an important sequalla among these people?

(No response.)
DR. DUNHAM:

Alderson Reporting Company
Washington, D. C.,

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A bunch of optimists.

LT. SHULMAN;

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Is there any experimental animal

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that more closely approximates humans, like some of the

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primates,

DR.

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DUNHAM:

No data on leukemia in the primates

yet.

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about wich radiation exposure data is known?

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LT.

SHULMAN:

As far as dose and blood count change

I don't know whether it has beenstudied in a chimpanzee.

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CDR. CRONKITE:

The chimpanzee has been studied,

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and the rhesus monkey, and the monkey behaves exactly like

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the dog.

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LT.

SHULMAN:

Thet only proves dogs are closer to

man than we think.

DR. DUNHAM:

Are there any other sequallae that

might be anticipated, or should be at least looked for?
Cataracts have not been mentioned.

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