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RaDIONUCLIDE BODY BURDEN EVALUATION ......0..000600 ccc cecceeeeecsceeteeeeetteeteeeseeenes
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Tntrodction ......cccccccccccccc cece cee cee ceeceeeeecseeceteetecescnsene ceigeteseetesenssentesereseenecnaes
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Estimation of the Internal Radiation Hazard... ree teee
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Experimental Procedures.............0.0.c: ccc cece tierce cee rteet estat cetneciteenentenciey
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Whole-Body Counting. ......0.0000 0 ccc cece eee cnet t tet teeta cne cates tneesatneteey
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Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra... ccc ccc ete etter enttenties
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Radiochemical Procedures..................:00cccceccceecccceceeeceeceten ete eueeceeceetaceeeneentenas
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Results and Discussion... ......0...0..00ccccccecceeeee eee tee tect eetee ceneeeneseeeeeeteeteteuseneeneeeees
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Environmental Estimate ......0000...000000cccescecceetee cereeeenee tet eeeeeeeetneseennetentens
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Radiochemical Analysis of Urine.........000. cece cence tnerecneeeeeeteeenteesiens
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Whole-Body Counting With the GammaSpectrometer........0..0.0. ce
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS....00.000.cccccccceeeccecceteeceteeecneceneetcaeestcnsseneeeseeeneeeeesenetenets
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Importance of Medical Surveys.....0.00..0000 cece cette tee reteset ceeesnnerneeee
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..00.0.0.0ccccccccescevecececececeeecececetee Geeeeeeseesssesceecteeeeseteteseveceeeteeeeeveseenss
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REFERENCES..oeoc0000cccccccccccsceseeceseceuccensueeevaeecaescesetecceccnceveseeesesecs sutseseesecstrtnresuttetees es
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APPENDIX |}. Rongelap Blood Counts....00.000.00cc cece cece eects eee eneettenteneseteteeey
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APPENDIX 2. Ailingnae Blood Counts...0...000.000. cece ces ececet eee etteeteetecaeeteeentens
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APPENDIX 3. Hematological Findings, 1959.00... cece tte teens teeeeteties
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APPENDIX 4. Hematological Findings, 1960.00.00... 0c ccc eeeetencnenterenees
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APPENDIX 5. Individual WBC, Basophil, and Alkaline Phosphatase, 1959-1960..
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APPENDIX6. Blood Groupings and Haptoglobins, 1958-1959, and
BFT and Cholesterol Levels, 1959. ....000000000.00occccceccccecseeeetscetec ees
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APPENDIX 7. Cs'*" and Zn® Body Burdens....0.....00.0....0ccccceeceeecc ccc eeetee cece cetatenees
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APPENDIX8. Urinary sroie cece cee c ee cee ee eneeeecciecneeteesaeteetnetersteeteneees
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ADDENDUM. A Note on the Vegetation of the Northern Islets
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of Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, March 1959.00...
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