45° “sa 24 40 94,72 6 ays MO” TiME 2 3 & 5 YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE 9-83. 6 PLATELETS x» 10° 4 FL AIELETS x to74 40- ? = 25° ee sc Lia Wee Figure +3. Mean platelet values of expo Ronigelap people from time 9f exposure through 7? ‘wears post &Xposure. Stars represent mean v alues of unexposed Caan - iO parison populations + - oe . ath ope or. : 30 40 AGE (YR} 50 60 70 #0 > Figure +4. Platelet counts of exposed Rongelap- write . plotted against age. Soja line represents mpan legge 1 45° 40% unexpited'thale pdifulatiotg: aaio TE 35 - 100 F — "SEEage ae fwane Looe MINIMUM Y/Y COUNTS 30- - Me. Le. CUMULATIVE PERCENT aoe PLATELETS «10 4 20 a Re: Ex 60- a/ 40-- ~ / / _ 7 YEARS POST EXPOSURE / / fr. i961 20r- : eet ap females mn level of i& ey ° 8 - 16 > oe ro 24 32 40 PLATELETS 11074 4800 Me 56, GA mo ge ee Figure 46. Platelet cumulative percent distribution ci for exposed compared with unexposed, popula tié#lr : A 3 ME wt parents of witom one or both faa pekian were compaged‘with those of chien ‘With un- rode ms - demarcate tetkemia 0 SuRvey No evidence of leukemia was detected in anvof the population studied based on leukocyte counts, . » COMPARISON POPULA™.-C's some people, but in no case wasit assocfated wit other,jetdings suggestive of leukemia. Basophil countss#ere elevated slightly (to 2.48%) in a 7year-old exposed male (No. 3) who had showed 2 similar elevation in past surveys but no other sign suggestive of leukemia. The individual valuestor