yt. US DOE ARCHIVES
326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY
C_ _ _ COMMISSION
ollectian
OGM
=
5539
:
sox
|
.
‘hyroid Nodules Including Hypothyroidism in the
Marshallese Populations as of March 1968
.
oldermanagers Lyle
MMAy (6-37, 15
/
;
/
Persons Exposed
on
Age at
Exposure
Whole Body Gamma
Estimated Added Thyroid
Dose frua I*, (rads)
Group
700 = 1400
160
19
36
Dose (rads)
Rongelap Island
<10
=10
175
175
Ailingnae Island
<=10
69
275 =
Utirik Island
<210
14
55 -
>10
69
=>10
14
Control Marshallese <10
> 10
61
133
*
550
No, in
|
No, and Percent
with Nodules
17 (90%)
2 (5.5%)
55
8
6
0
1107
40
0
0
0
0
0
15
59
1 (12.5%)
2 (3.4%)
0
3 (2.3%)
Estimates of the doses to the-thyroids of the Rongelapese were recomputed by R, James and J. Gofman,
UCRL #12273, December, 1964, Estimates of the thyroid doses of the Ailingnae and Utirik people
were by proportionality to the respective whole body gamma doses,
.