THYRCOL:
Marshall Island groun
(radiation dose-gamma}
LE
Ay
Malignant
lesions
sey
ml
ek
percent
Rongelap (175 rads
gamma exposure}
7.7 (2/26)
5.7 (35/53)
Rongelap
(on Ai lingnae
Istand-69 rads gamm
exposure )
Utirik”? (14 rads gama
1.4 (1/69)
exposure)
0,8 €1/124)
Rongelap unexposed
Likiep unexposed
3,
tose from 3h,
00°
V4
V2
Based on number
ii-ving
3one child 10-17 years
tee
ax
number
“tyroid
in group.
doses
between
132 and 200 rads
4
Fifteen children iJ- of vee.
thyroid doses between Do oun
The more energetic shor.
thyroid dose in the Vt.
that
the
group.
received
“ed
bleolopices
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in a 19-year-old konge ay t ;
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legs
miph?
wassbade
Hise? gaPe TLO UG
to
estimated
the
airmise
tee
Levee
total
therefore
ce
- been t
Leukemia was discovered
at l year of age.
raciation
:
1