of VCCM.
parts
The meeting centered on dose reassessment and was conducted
in two
aimed at reviewing pasc accomplishments and assigning future tasks.
<A
review of the circumstances chat led to the study was presented by Naidu who
also discussed the status of the Sr and Pu in teeth samples.
Lessard pre-
sented a draft of the chronic phase dose-ecuivalent estimates for Rongelap and
Utirik residents and reviewed the acute phase dosimetric methods and doseequivalent astimates based on the I-129 soil analysis.
The second stage of
the meeting led to detailed discussions on the chronic and acute dosimetry.
Tne outcome was to define specific tasks
in order to further substantiate the
dose estimates to the thyroid.
During September, as part of the ongoing quality assurance program for
MIRS?, an interlaboratory analysis
for S$r-90 in urine samples
from the Mar-
shall Islands was initiated.
PUBLICATIONS:
Dosimetric Results for the Bikini Population, N.A. Greenhouse, R.P.
Miltenberger and E.T. Lessard, Health Physics, Vol 38, pp. 846-851, May 1980.
Marshall Islands:
A Study of Dier and Living Patterns, J. Naidu, N.A.
Greenhouse, J. Knight, BNL#51313, July 1989.
Dietary Radioactivity Intake from Bioassay Data:
Cs-137 Intake By Bikini IglaadResidents,
A Model Applied to
E.T. Lessard, R.P. Miltenberger,
and N.A. Greenhouse, Health Physics Vol. 39, pp.177-183, Auguse 1980.
Whole Body Counting Results from 1974 to 1979 for Bikini Island Residents,
R.P. Miltenberger, N.A. Greenhouse and £.T. Lessard, Health Physics,
Vol. 39, pp. 395-407,. August 1980.
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