CULISAOLTU skin YL PETE LaALsdiy MWA TO ey (principally beta radiation) Yanna Lata avite ALA ANAL Ye Lait from fallout deposited on the skin, and internal absorption of radionuclides from ingestion of contaminated food and water. The most serious internal exposure was that to the thyroid from radioiodines, which were relatively abundant in the fallout. 63 references, 1 figure, 4 tables. Major Descriptors: *MARSHALL ISLANDS -- RADIATION ACCIDENTS; *THYROID -DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS Descriptors: BETA PARTICLES; FALLOUT; GAMMA RADIATION; IODINE ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES; REVIEWS; SKIN; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION Broader Terms: ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; CHARGED PARTICLES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EXPLOSIVES; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; GLANDS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MICRONESIA; OCEANIA; ORGANS ; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS Subject Categories: 560151* -- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man INIS Subject Categories: C1500* -- Effects of External Radiation on Man 10/5/588 (Item 288 from file: 103) 01758186 INS~86-013690; EDB-86-081880 Title: Hyperuricemia in the inhabitants of the Marshall Islands Author (s):-.Adams, W.H.; Harper, J.A.; Heotis, P.M.; Affiliation: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY Seurce: Arthritis Rheum. (United States) v 27:6. Publication Date: Jun 1984 p 713-716 Jamner, A.H. Coden: ARHEA Document Type: Journal Article; Numerical data Language: English Journal Announcement: ERA&8605 Subfile: ERA (Energy Research Abstracts); INS (US Atomindex input). IMT (DOE contractor) Country of Origin: United States Abstract: Annual medical examinations are conducted by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) for a population of Marshallese who were accidentally exposed to radioactive fallout in 1954, for a comparison population, and for all inhabitants of the atolls of Rongelap and Utirik. Disease Surveillance includes analysis of serum samples. Elevated serum uric acid (SUA) levels are common along Pacific populations, and modifying environmental factors have been investigated as a cause for this finding. The authors have studied SUA levels of people living in the Marshall Islands, and have found elevated values similar to those reported for other Micronesian populations. The nearly Gaussian distribution of individual serum uric acid values for men, and for women less than or equal to45 years of age, indicates that the elevation is due to a regularized increase in serum uric acid rather than to a subpopulation that has pathologic hyperuricemia. The higher serum uric acid levels appear, therefore, to be normal for the Marshallese, a conclusion supported by the infrequency of clinical gout in the population tested. Major Descriptors: *MARSHALL ISLANDS -- RADIATION ACCIDENTS; *UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES -- PATHOGENESIS Descriptors: BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BNL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLOUT; URIC ACID Broader Terms: ACCIDENTS; AROMATICS; AZAARENES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DATA; DISEASES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; OCEANIA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PURINES; RADIATION EFFECTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; XANTHINES Subject Categories: 560151* -- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man 2950901 -- Pathology -- Tracer Techniques INIS Subject Categories: C1500* -- Effects of External Radiation on Man C4500 -- Other Applications of Radiations & Radioisotopes in Life Sciences 10/5/589 01731323 (Item 289 from file: 103) EBRA-11-017490; 9003836 EDB-86-~-055002