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unexposed female population.
Children of Exposed Parents
Peripheral blood elements of children with
parents of whom oneor both had been exposed
were compared with those of children with unexposed parents. These children were <7 years
old. The results are presented in Table 13 and
Figure 51. The male children of exposed parents
showed lowerlevels of leukocytes and platelets,
but not the female children.
Hematological Leukemia Survey
Noevidence of leukemia was detected in any of
the population studied based on leukocyte counts,
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for exposed compared with unexposed population.
differential counts, alkaline phosphatase staining
of leukocytes, and counts of basophils in 4000
white cells. No marked leukocytosis or immature
forms of white cells were observed. Relatively low
scoring for alkaline phosphatase was recordedin
some people, but in no case wasit associated with
other findings suggestive of leukemia. Basophil
counts were elevated slightly (to 2.48%) in a 7year-old exposed male (No. 3) who had showed a
similar elevation in past surveys but no othersign
suggestive of leukemia. The individual valuesfor
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