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burdens of Sr’* have reached equilibrium with the
environmental Sr”. Little or none of the present
body burden of the exposed group can be considered residual from their initial exposure, since
little difference has been noted between the body
burdens in exposed and unexposed populations
living on Rongelap Island. The possible relation
of internal abeorption of radioiodines initially in
the fallout to the recent development of thyrosd
nodules has been referred to above. No other effects of such exposure have been detected.

Ophthalmological examinations showed no
clear-cut evidence of radiation-induced changes
in the eyes, Slit-lamp studies revealed no increase
in incidence oflens opacities which might be atunbuted to radiation. Cytogenetic studies of the chromosomes of leukocytes and peripheral blood cultures obtained in 1964 are in progress and will be
reported at a later date. Anthropometric studies
revealed that young adult Rongeiap males were
superior in muscular development compared with
many populations. This was not tru+, however, for
the young adult females. Blood volume and red
cell mass determinations using tritiated water and
Cr*' revealed values in the Marshallese which
were considerably lower than found in American
Caucasians, However, there is some indication
that Americans living in the Islands for more than
one year may also have slightly lower values. This
finding will be further investigated on future surveys. Protein bound iodine studies during the past
two years confirmed the previous findings of levcis
higher in the Marshallese than generally found
elsewhere. No explanation is apparent. Folic acid
levels were found to be somewhat low in the
Rongciap population and probably reflected low
dietary folic acid. Serum studies for the Ag system

reveal that the Rongelapese conipared with other

world populations have a high frequency of C.deB.
antiserum reactors and a low frequency of New
York antiserum reactors.

individuals, too numerous to name,for valuable
assistance.
Manyofficials of the Atomic Energy Commis-

sion, particularly Dr. Charles L. Dunham, Dr.

H.D. Bruner, and manyo.their staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine, and Mr. W.H.

Brummett, Jr. and Mr. G.P. Steffy of the San

Francisco Operations Office were most helpful in
the coordination of arrangements with various
governmental agencies and in supporting these
surveys in every possuble way.
Weare grateful to the officials of the Departmentof the Interior, particularly to Mrs. Ruth
Van Cleve and the officials of the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands, including the High Commissioner, Mr. M.W. Goding; the Director of Medical

Services, Dr. J.W. Sampson; the District Administrator for the Marshall islands, Mr. Peter

Coieman; the Director of the Marshall Islands
Memorial Hospital, Dr. John Iaman, and members of his staff; and the Representative of the
High Commissioner at Kwajalein, Mr. R. McKay. Mr. Don Davis and his crew of the Trust
Territory Ship Ran Anam and Mr. L. Roberts and
the crew of the Roque were most helpful.
Asin the past, the Departmert of Defense, particularly the Departmentof the Navy, contributed
most vitally to the mission. The Pacific Missile
Range Facility at Kwajalein was of great assistance in furnishing necessary airiifts and materials
to be used on the survey. Drs. G. Temple, C, Cunnington, and Y.C. Smith at the Kwajalein Hospital were extremely helpful.
Drs. L. Donaldson and E. Held at the University of Washington have aided in coordination of
their studies with these.

Weare grateful to Dr. K. Tsuhamoto, Director
of the Japanese National Institute of Radiological
Sciences, and to Dr. Dunham for arranging the
visit of the senior author to Japan to observe the
annual examinations of the irradiated Japanese
fishermen and for having Dr. T. -.umator visit
Rongelapfor the 10-vear survey.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory contnbutions were made by many individuals in many de-

Acknowledgments
The cooperation of many agencies and persons
was necessary to carry out these surveys successfully. The authors are deeply grateful to many

partments including Medical, Instrumentation
and Health Physics, Photography anc Graphic
Arts, the Shipping Section, and others. We are
grateful to the following people for their support
and advice: Dr. Maurice Goldhaber, Director;

Dr. J.B.H. Kuper, Chairman of the Instrumenta-

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