Th
Age at
exposure

Group

Ron,

‘tid Lesions in Marshallese, Ma:
Est. thyroid
dose?, rads

< 10

«p exposed

810-1150

10-18°

(175 rads)

> 18

Ailingnae exposed

< 10

25.0 (3/12)

556&

42.2(27/64)

275-450

10-18
> 18
All

In utero exposed

89.5(17/19)

335-810

335

All

hs Subjects? with
thyroid lesions

21.2 (7/33)4

33.3 (2/6)

< 10
10-18
> 18

60-95
27-60
30

3.4 (2/58)
14.3 (3/21)
7.6 (6/79)

All

30-1150

Utirik unexposed

50°

< 10

0

(4/86)

7.0 (11/158)

1
2
5

8

1.7
4.8
1.3

(1/58)
(1/21)
(1/79)

18.4 (45/244)

34

2.9

(7/244)

2
2
4

0.8
0.5

(1/122)
(1/209)

4.4 (4/90)

3

1.1

(1/90)

0.0 (0/43)

0

0
0
3

3.4 (5/149)

0

< 10

4.9 (4/82)

1

< 10

3.1 (9/287)

4

6.3 (1/16)
5.0 (3/60)
5.1 (8/158)

10-18
> 18
All

7.8 (5/64)
5.9 (18/303)
4.9 (32/654)

1.9

(3/158)

6

0.0 (0/17)
5.6 (5/89)

10-18
> 18
All

(2/33)

1£

10-18
> 18

All

“Dose from 131,

(4/64)

6.1

4.7

12.5 (2/16)
9.4 (3/32)
6.5 (9/138)

< 10

All unexposed

6.3

d

26

13.3 (2/15)
5.7 (7/122)
4.3 (9/209)

< 10

Wotje unexposed

39.5 (34/86)

0.0 (0/72)

10-18
> 18
All

10-18
> 18
All

Likiep unexposed

21

1

Utirik exposed
(14 rads)

Rongelap unexposed

(1/12)

33.3 (1/3)

135-1150

(1/19)

8.3

175+?

All

5.3

2

0
3
4

0.0 (0/1)

i Subjects? W:
malignant le:

15

0.0 (0/1)
36.4 (4/11)
33.3 (6/18)

Rong. + Ail.

Rong. + Ail. + Utirik

No. subjects
with surgery

190
135
217¢

69+?

Ali

1978

0
0

0
0
1

2
2
8

‘

0.3 (1/287)
0.3 (17303)
0.3 (2/654)

L33y and 1357 plus gamma; mean dose extrapolated from calculations
adults and 3-year olds.
,

OBn

132y,

" on number of people exposed, excluding those in utero (number of cases/total number in

g
“The thyroid is considered to be fully developed by about age 18.

ee?

cr

Cone additional case of adenoma, found at autopsy, not included here. “Weighted mean dose.
‘Pathologists differed as to whether this lesion was malignant; it was scored as benign.

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