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Table 16

Iron-55 in Biological Samples Collected at
Bikini Atoll, June 1969
Average Values

Collection

Common

Tissue

Site

Name

or Organ

No. of
Samples

pci/g dry
Avg.

Range

Bikini I.

Surgeon

Whole

2

52

18-85

Enyu I.

Goatfish

Whole
(Eviscerated)

2

81

74-87

Bikini I.

Mullet

Viscera

3

108

22-228

(Eviscerated)

"

Goatfish

"

2

416

391-442

"

Surgeon

"

2

199

148-250

Enyu I.

Goatfish

"

2

1250

828-1670

Nam I.

Mullet

"

3

237

122-348

Surgeon

"

3

297

239-404

4

13

7.7-18

1

38

4

14,700 9,090-25, 600

"
Enyu I.

Grouper

Nam I.

"

Enyu I.

"

Enyu Pass

Yellowfin

Muscle

"
Liver

Light muscle

16

29

8.5-62
72-214

tuna

"

Ulua

"

"

3

210

"

Dogtooth
tuna

"

"

1

116

"

Yellowfin
tuna

16

334

108-867

"

Ulua

"

"

3

2,950

1,290-3,630

Dogtcoth

"

"

1

915

4

tuna

Dark muscle

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