Table 11
Residual Beta Burns

Subject
No.

Sex

Age

Description

17

F

10

24

F

20

26

M

19

Slight scarring and pigmentation
on left antecubital fossa.
Mottled spots of pigmentation and
depigmentation on dorsum of feet.
Marked pmk-colored depigmented

scars on dorsum ofright foot, particularly between Ist and 2nd toes.

Skin tight in scarred areas - bound

Figure 33.Pigmentedlesions in area of beta burn
(Subject #78).

A fewadults were also examined andtreated.
As noted in the past, people of age >40 showa
considerable amount of periodontoclasia. A few
cases of arrested enamel development involving
the occlusal surface of molar teeth were noted,

probably due to faulty nutrition during the formative period of the teeth.
No significant differences were found between
the Rongelap children and children of the same
age group on outlyingislands in caries rate, eruption time, or morphologyofthe teeth. It wasestimated that only about 10%of the Rongelap adults
practiced good oral hygiene.

Laboratory Examinations
HEMATOLOGICAL

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39

F

21

49

F

22

39

F

41

63

F

43

67

F

21

78

F

43.

79.

M

46

to subcutaneous tissues.

Considerable pigment variation and

hyperkeratosis on back of neck.
Pigmented macular areas on left
‘antecubital fossa and dorsum of

feet.

Pigmented maculae (freckle-like)
on necklace area of neck, particularly on right side. Increasing in
number?
Mottled hyperkeratosis and pigment variation on back of neck.
Considerable pigment variation on

back of neck and to a slight degree

on right forearm.
Not seen this survey. Previously
showed atrophy and scarring on
dorsum offeet.
Pigment variation and hyperkeratosis on back of neck. Raised pigmented mole-like lesions on sides of
neck, particularly onleft side. Appear to be increasing in number
(see Figure 33).
White nodular scar and generalized
scarring and pigmentvariation on
back ofleft ear. Area of spottyalopecia on lower occipital region of
head.

rawdata on all individuals are presented in the
appendices. The more heavily exposed Rongelap
group, who received 175 r, are designated as
‘“Rongelap exposed,” the Rongelap people who

received a smaller exposure of 69 r as ‘‘Ailingnae

exposed,” and the larger unexposed comparison
population of Rongelap as “unexposed.” Because
of the small number of peopie in the Ailingnae

group (15 examined of 18), their data were not
treated as fullv as those for the larger groups, and

are briefly summarized belowin a separate para-

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