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pretty well agreed thatthe type of study which was nade
in the acute phase will need to be continued fa an
indefinite time, but with a changing emphasis from what
might be called acute problem to the long termeffects
which are particularly likely to manifest themselves in
such things as shortening of life, the occurrence of tunors,
both superficially and deep, and in bom changes, which may
be of a minor nature.
I think the expectation is that the
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long ranp results of the exposure of these people are not
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likely to be at all spectacular.
One would have to look
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carefully and use rather critical statistical .judgments: in
all likelihood to be able to saythat anything will have
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occurred strictly due to the radiation,
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necessity of conhcting cont inued studies in avery
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meticulous manner with precise recording of observations
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and data which will permit the type ofstatistical cons id era-
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tion that may be neessary.
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We hme agreed that themedical studies need not
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be tightly bound to the environmental studies; that two
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more or less separate groups can do these two things.
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think, though, we all concede that everybody is interested
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in what everybody else is doing in this study and it doesn't
mean that cross {nformation won't be freely flowing.
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as though the NRDL group probably should be called on for
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the first medical study of the Rongelap people, and aiso
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