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Table 4.11.—Mean Peripheral Bloog Count Value. tor Several Control Populations (x10°)
(rR
APANESF
Kok
es
om
Total White cog
Neutrophil:
;
wu
Monocytes
1
Eosinophils ~
Vw ER UO 448"
-
ot
rod
AMERICANS
2)
HLS
iy
5
Lymphocys ss
Boov SATA PR TERMINATION
KwadAMERICAS
CONTROLY
:
7
roy
40
|
4,8
—
2
4
oo
4 |
3
0.3
4.1
1), 2
. 5
i ay
a
0
0. 1
238
308
:
Basopniles
Platelets
emu
8
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.
aT
*Age 21 vears
**PHe mean watt: fer SO
present study
nortuab settee
Ve
Ooo Hong the technique emploved mm the
vas 207 OH:
casualties. This ductuation caasy be assocratec
with the presence of therma or other injuries
in the Japanese or tle aet ce sku iesions in toe
hese cueans, 15 weeks after exposure were still
rise” noted for anima s following esx pesire
(14,15). From the tt seek siti] the tern
nation of the acute -tucie: cn the Marshallese
beoovers Was not complete 2 years after exmoore, The studies of these authors, per-
Marshallese. or may) orrespond te the cabort. ve
during the
jOth
veekh,
che
Japanese
me
peiaa dneans for control populations listed in
Paoe ¢1t. In fact, data of Kikuchi and
“Vookisakea om. 23) indicate that hematologic
med ot dependentiy.of the Joint Commission
bE \tennie Bomb Casualty Commission, sug-
Marshallese counts temaiied at similar devels
west the early blood response and prolonged
and Marshallese in cenera peurn leled the tota
white count. The vinotoe te count oy ieth
groups was depressed eas cad remured ve
pressed at Values of apotoxoniateby 200d arty
eported here for the Marshallese.
“ie oresent fiidings in the Marshallese are
ceare: woth these characteristics, aamely
eta
wd ite cell and neutrophile counts
heoweet dia definite minimtuni ac 4 weeks as eviIeoced of Jagmnese groups \ to D, but rather
ho ryatee dhrime the rs: weeks with minhntium
pede ooounts occurring inthe 6th week or later,
) oceutroph de counts were unstable over the
het
weeks. and recovery to control levels was
o compete by the 6th month, co} lymphocyte
oobts remained depressed throughout the peoe df observation,
Mateles data cn the -liupanese are not sith.
eat. «flow: cnore than rough qualitative
meqe sens ‘Tuisas unfortunate since changes
The neutrophile sount
week
10.
The high
1 ooth the Ji prurese
cabue of vine reported
ey
the Japanese for weeks 2b i
miist oe sas
pected of beim hich
Se CP HSGTS CTU pT
earlier.
Various
clairnctecist
footie
lapiriese
hematological trends shor ca ae painted our
4
while ugh dose exposure vroupe woth satan
eant mortality shower sor \ depression woth
a definite low point atop ees. he ower dose
groups showed no definite me mii cdini at } week but rather a contintied werression until the sth
or 9th weeks. ob) While no ean ie dcoesre concatof the heavily exposed ere ips cad reravered
part and
were approae oar
OMDTT LE -
8
oc oortia
= uneres
ecavery oof the Japanese was similar to that
iedet
ootints in the present studies ap-