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Skin Lesions:
Statistics based on
Ailinginae
39%
64%
15%
25%
4.5%
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1 case
34%
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group incidence figures ~- H plus
thirty days — were:
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2 cases
2 cases
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Epilation and skin lesions occurred only in the Rongelap and Ailin~
ginae groups.
The Ailinginae group developed lesions’ approximately ten
days after the Rongelap group and to a less severe extent.
As mentioned
above, Rongelap absorbed a 125 r dosage and Ailinginse absorbed approxi-~
mately 75 r.
By H plus one month only two Task Force personnel had developed
clearly defined lesions.
They were similar to the ones developed by the
natives, but pigmentation was less marked.
One person had been bending
over scrubbing pots on KP the day of the shot.
Ag the perspiration
gathered on his back, it trapped the fall-out material and held it long
enough to produce a superficial burn following the pattern of the sweat
rivulets.
AFWI/HO
The United States group had no other signs or symptoms other
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