CONTENTS
RADIONUCLIDE BopDyY BURDEN EVALUATION... 0 :cssceecesseseseceege eee teteterencetnanes
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Trntrodction... cece ccectenetneesneeeetneeseeteseaes dice vstecceeecenecteteeeneeeeeeeseseaeerateneees
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Estimation of the Internal Radiation Hazard... ccc cee cneeceettetseeenes
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Experimental Procedures..............0ccceecceceeeeeccee ceeteseeneeeeeescnaesseetsaeesseaecnaeeaes
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Whole-Body Counting.....00000.000 coc eee cee cneeecesesneneeseepeneecensesniuesnetienes
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Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra... cccecececeeceeeeeeseeeseeeetereeeeeneeneepntennens
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Radiochemical Procedures...........0cc.ccccccesssesserseeeeeeseneeseeetenecesenesnenseeaeseeseatens
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Results and Discussion. ......0..0...:..cccceccescceceesceseteeeeeseeecasenseteciecsessecausseuiecnesseraeeeees
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Environmental Estimate......00....c0:ccccssssecessssessssevssvesseessevecesefousessssuieesssvesensecse
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Radiochemical Analysis of Urine.....0.0..0.0.c cc ccececceceeceeceeceeeneeeeeceseeeetenatenes
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Whole-Body Counting With the GammaSpectrometer........0....0..0....0
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS... ccccceececseseeneeeeteseneeecesenaesessceaeeceereuecaeseesecaeesesaseaeees
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Importance of Medical Surveys.....0..0....0.ccccccceseseeeeenseeeecneeneesaeeeteteeeesensensesaeees
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS........ccccccessescesceceescesesesenseecesesceaeesecaceesaenscaeeaecevaeeaeceeeecresstaseenties
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REFERENCES ..00 0.00.0 cccccccccesc cece cecnee te ce se eeee ceesaeaeenessuaesaesersaecagecaesevongsaacieevaesisevseseeeeenes
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APPENDIX 1. Rongelap Blood Counts..........00..0.. cc cccceeceeeeeceneenseteeeeenseeseeeeeneenseaeeaees
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APPENDIX 2. Ailingnae Blood Gounts.....0.00..0.cccceceecseeeeeseteeeeesteetneeneesseceeeeereteeeeees
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APPENDIX 3. Hematological Findings, 1959.00.00... ccc ceceeceeseeseeneeneeeeseeseeseessessens
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APPENDIX 4. Hematological Findings, 1960.00.00... cc eecccccsesceeeeeceeeceeeeeeeaeeseeseenes
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APPENDIX 5. Individual WBC, Basophil, and Alkaline Phosphatase, 1959-1960..
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APPENDIX 6. Blood Groupings and Haptoglobins, 1958-1959, and
BFT and Cholesterol Levels, 1959...cccccscssscscssssssessesssssssssssesee _ 74
AppPENDIXx 7. Cs*87 and Zn® Body Burdens...........0..0.cccccccescesecsseseeceteeseeeseesseseease
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APPENDIX 8. Urimary S10... ececccececeeeesceneeeceneneesstensacveccaeeaeatereaaeeqeeeeaaeereeeteats
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AppbeENpum.A Note on the Vegetation of the NorthernIslets
of Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, March 1959.00.00.
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