counts of all four components with increasing age
at the time of radiation. There was no evidence
at the 5% level of any sex difference for any of the
blood components exceptplatelets, for which the
the female count.
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and sex, and for neutrophils there was evidence
at the 5% level of an interaction between exposure
and year. The four-factor interaction was treated
as error, an assumption which appeared justified
upon examination of the variances. Since these
data are being further analyzed, no interpretation
as to biological significance of the above interac-
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