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Table i8
Sr®* in Marshal‘ese 24-hr Urine Samples, April 1962
No.of
Age, subGroup yr jects
Exposed
Male
1-15
>16
Female 1-15
>15
Total 1-15
>15
Nonexposed
Male
1-15
>15
Female 1-15
>1S
Total [1-15
Total
All
All
—Sr*,
pc/|
Ca,
mg/l
people of retinal burns which might have resulted
Sr®,
pC/gCa
from observation of the fireball at the time of the
3
7
2
8
S$
15
9,3341.70% 52414
9.0641.11 175426
9.60%2.30
25411
%15.89%2.50 104412
9.444118
4111
12.7041.66 137416
18918
53% 5
426496
165426
284466
113420
!$
4
—
7
28.60+0
8.88+2.46
——
10.24+3.07
140+ 0
129%11
—_——
100%49
204+ 0
66414
—_—
143428
28.600
140+ 0
204+ 0
12.6343.34
11.4541.30
42+ 9
126416
270455
114414
1
>1S
V1
1-15
>15
6
26
9.75%2.07
;
110431
ously, this may be related to fallout exposure of the
eyes. There were also several cases of corneal pigmentation which may have been related to fallout
exposure, There was no evidence in the exposed
115421
*Standard error of estimate,
Routine physical examinations of adults revealed that the slight differences in incidence of
various diseases in the exposed group compared
with the contro! group could likely be explained
by the somewhat greater number of older people
in the exposed group.
An ophthalmological survey revealed a slight
increase in the incidence of pterygia and pingueculae in the exposed group. As reported previ-
accident in 1954.
A cancer detection survey was done which included, in addition to thorough physical examina-
tions, pelvic examinations in mature women with
Papanicolaou staining of smears, rectal examinations in adults, and hematological studies for leukemia detection, which included the determina-
tion of alkaline phosphatase levels of leukocytes
and basophil counts of 4000 white cells. No cases
of malignancy or leukemia were detected.
Pediatric examinations revealed no marked differences in abnormalities between exposed and
unexposed children and no diseases that could be
related to radiation effects. Growth and development studies, as previously reported, showed that
the boys exposedat an early age (<6 yr and particularly 12 to 18 months) were slightly shorter in
stature and weighed slightly less than the unexposed children of comparable age. No such differences were noted in the exposed compared with
the unexposed girls. Skeletal age determined by
wrist roentgenography showed that both the boys
and the girls in the exposed group were slightly
retarded, the boys showing the greater deficit. The
greatest retardation was noted in 4 boys who had
been 16 to 17 months old at exposure. Male children (but not female) born of exposed purents
(after the fallout) tended to be smaller in stature
at all ages than children of unexposed parents.
Table 19
Sr® Analyses of Bone and Crab Samples
Original
net wt., g
Ash
—
g
%
Sr*°, dis/min
Ol
Per total sample
Per g ash
Ca,
% inash
Sr°°,
pC/gCa
Hone
Rib
Vertebra
Crab
878
902
1165
705
1.48
2.60
It
136
209
99
u.4+0.6*
33.8+0.0
12.7
15.1
17.9
14.0
11.1+0.4
13.0+0.3
1462 +5
964 +4
850 +4
1518 +6
*The error term accompanying each result is the Poisson error of counting.
36.6
36.0
50.0
40.0
34.4
49.6
13.7+0.5
16.3%0.4
1317 +4
1086 +4
1113 +5
1378 +5