roid Nodules Including Hypothyroidism in the
Marshallese Populations as of March 1968

Age at

Exposure

Whole Body Gamma

Dose (rads)

Estimated Added Thyroid

No, in

Dose from 1%, (rads)

Group

700 - 1400
160

19
36

No, and Percent

with Nodules

Rongelap Island

<10
=~ 10

175
175

Ailingnae Island

<=10
>10

69
69

275 -

550
55

6
8

0
1 (12.5%)

Utirik Island

<<10
=>10

14
14

55 -

110
15

40
59

0
2 (3.4%)

Coutrol Marshallese <10
10

61
133

0
0

0
0

0
3 (2.3%)

*«

17 (90%)
2 (5.5%)

Estimates of the doses to the- thyroids of the Rongelapese were recomputed by R, James and J. Gofman,
Estimates of the thyroid doses of the Ailingnae and Utirik people
December, 1964,
UCRL #12273,
were by proportionality to the respective whole body gamma doses,

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