of and correlation with isolated findings.

Presently, genetic

screening techniques should be regarded as the best instrument
for detecting genetic injury at a stage when corrective action
can be taken for the benefit of effected individuals.

The following genetic screening techniques are recommended:
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Establishment of a Birth Defects Registry.

The establishment of birth defects registry is necessary
to document and systematically classify all congenital
abnormalities foreign to the Marshall Islands.
Cytogenetic Monitoring of Exnosed Population.
Cytogenetic monitoring of exposed population should
be performed as was done in studies of the atomic bomb

Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japanese studies,

As in the

comparisons should be made with

chromosomal aberration frequencies and cancer incidences in order to identify high risk groups.
Establishment of a Genetic Counselling Program.
Genetic counselling should be made available to all
the Marshallese, so that they can assist medical

scientists to better investigate radiation effects.
Analysis of Anniotic Fluid.

Amniotic fiuid analysis should be performed in all
high risk pregnancies for the prenatal detection of

radiation effects.
Chromosome Monitoring of Newborns.

Chromosomal monitoring of all newborns would allow
for the direct determination of the extent of increased

incidences of genetic abnormalities.

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