48
EERECTS ok
4
ZING
reached. The count ais taaintarmed ato
proximately 7) perce tof contre) eiaoues fren,
the Tth week tothe ene ot the imaitia: sti
No further recover.
Although both
we ceonps followed the -:0ne
general tine parrery fresponse, the ower aie
group was below toaroot che older throughenrt
most of the observatioa period, Ae l2 menth-
the granulocyte. diac
returned to tae cantre)
range.
Frm ttrecrn
frre peeee CONTROLS «GROUP A-LEUKOCYTES —
.
sae evident ab G martes
QADLATION
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.
wy
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ee
ee ee
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GROUP T
eae ee ed
_Sukocy tes, Neutrophiles,
3
4
dL
The absolute vimproeste count of the olaer
age group (Fig
tz) aad fatlen py the Sdooiy
control
Phi
to a value approx omiatels
group.
of percent af ne
vase
was
minted
throughout the <tudy. und there was no letin te
evidence of an uowir toene diirng the gaa al
ar 6 month stiecie.
VA
2 ottomths, comibeiete
The yaiies fers is
younger age group diseva © fell before the ad
day toa value voproxcmitely 25 percent of the
control, followin @ witea there was a si@niieant
upward trend
Wet
che total ivmphoevte
count, there is
consestent litference eta een
recovery lind tot ocene ret
the twoaye grav ps
Towever. durinthe tust
4 weeks the difference os accentuated woen eX
pressed as perce ot cdecoedse beeause of the rec
tively high Iymiehoevre levels in the lawer ye
control group.
vfter ‘his period the differences
expressed as percent’ ore less marke since 4
8
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and
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85
EXPOSURE DAY
oentrophie,
verind changes in
and
liarphoente
the total
county
mm
oo ete e than 3 weary old, Croup f ( Rongelap).
vas more rapid in the younger age
UPON),
Vhe cellalar elements chiefly responsible for
tee fluctuations in total white blood cell count
on be deterrimned by comparing the total white,
eurrophile ind iymphocvte counts (Fig. 4.3).
Thos seen that the lymphocyte count remained
essentiadly constant throughout the period of
ads, while the total neutrophile count thaectusted] vita a pattern essentially identical to that
the total white blood count (coefficient of
Thus the fluetuations in
Tt can be seen from
cstenthy erenter than the Iymphoeyte count in
¢ ghee ONTROLS GROUP A- AGE 5 —— 5
aT
|
3l
42
POST
litle d.2 that the neutrophile count was con-
,
Ww
=
a4
Wad sounger age groups.
Lymphocytes
~
=~ |
6
‘oral coun sere clue to changes in the neutropare count. Thais was true of both the older
GROUP |
|
5
arreation of fy
—-.
ak
*
anart
o
eat
the ode: age group. In the younger groups,
differences ta the neutrophile and Lymphocyte
aint were ess marked and frequently the
viipaecyte count was greater than the neutrobaile carne
Platelets sere first counted 10 days after exposare, af wtuch tune phluelet values of the
fomues vere approximiitely 60 percent of the
prop oate control group: Fie. 4.4).
Follow-