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induce~ by the exposure will continue to be carried out.

These include a cancer-

oriented examination,

disorders, hematologic

special attention to endocrinologic

testing, and other items detailed
as presented
population

in May 1985.

in the long-term

plan of the medical program

The BNL program will continue to evaluate the exposed

for evidence of increased risk of disorders which might be indirectly

related to their exposure.

The goal of this effort is a clinical one:

prevention

For the most part, these will be serologic
and early diagnosis and treatment.
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surveys of the type performed in the past for hepatitis B, toxoplasmosis, and
prolactinomas.
will continue

The basic requirements

for carrying out a survey of this sort

to be that it have clinical relevance to exposed populati~n.

COROLLARIES

1.

The number of exposed persons will have decreased

by only 20 percent by

1997.

2.

Duplication

of health care provided by the 4AHCP and the RMI government

should be minimized.

3.

On Atoll medical care for all Rongelap and Utirik residents at the time
of the annual visits should be continued.

PLANS

1.

Maintain

present examination

procedures by ship for at least the next

five years.

2.

Trim primary care involvement;

close Ebeye unit; discontinue

the large

autumn survey; trim pharmacy.

3.

All adult inhabitants
diagnostic

of Rongelap and Utirik will be offered the same

and therapeutic

options as the exposed~a~ the time of the

surveys, except the medical referrals of nonexposed
and funded by either the RMI or 4AHCP.
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persons will be to

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