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The recent survey revealed that the general health and nutrition of the
and that only minor epidemics of
Rongelap people had been satisfactory,
influenza and diarrhea had occurred,
in the exposed group;
and senility.
One death occurred in a 76 year old woman
pneumonia complicating arteriosclerotic heart disease
No-.radiation connection was apparent.
Birth rate in the exposed group
older people in the unexposed population,
paralleled that in the unexposed group,
Three deaths occurred in
Three miscarriages in the unexposed
women had occurred, but none were reported in the exposed women,
Physical
abnormalities are tabulated for both adults and children in the report,
There
were no significant differences of diseases or abnormalities noted between the
exposed and unexposed populations, except for the occurrence of additional
thyroid lesions in the exposed population,
Residual "beta burns" had changed
little in appearance in the past few years, except for a slight increase in
pigmented nevi in some cases in the burned areas,
Hematological studies showed
that for the first time since exposure the average white cell and platelet
levels were about the same in the exposed as in the unexposed groups.
Sedimen-
tation rates were characteristically faster in the Marshallese than in Americans
but with no differences noted between the exposed and unexposed groups,
cause of this faster sedimentation rate is not known,
The
Chromosome studies are
being completed and will be reported in the near future,
Preliminary analyses of whole body counts showed that 13765 levels were
about the same this year as noted four years ago, indicating that equillibrium
of body burdens for 13765 with environmental sources of this isotope had been
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