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the educational methods and outcome will be utilized to assess information transfer
and long-term incorporation in the individual's life style. ,
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1. Demographic - with special emphasis.on geographic location (mobility)
since birth or 1954 (earliest), pedigree for genetic and aging studies;
History and physical examination (as above);
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3. Biochemical (as above);
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ophthalmologic - ‘ull examination by aphthaleologist using
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dental - Limited to extraction and Eleoridetreatment;
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radiographic - as indicated;
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electrocardiographic - as indicated.
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Life style data
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nutrition - on site recording of dietary intake and 24 hr. food recall;
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smoking-- by type, inhalation characteristics and amount: -".-----
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alcohol use/abuse by type and amount.
Data Analysis:
The data will be analyzed by identifying |each of the specific Subgroups
of exposed, control and comparison populations:
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Exposed a)
present on Rongelap, Ailingnae or Utirik on March 1, 1979;
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as in a), then returned to fallout area with higher than ambient
background radiation (to establish low Level exposure).
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The kinds of data to be obtained are?
specific age, sex-matched controls, established in 1957 ~ who
returned to Rongelap but were not acutely exposed.
Subgroups matched
on duration and rate of background exposure (as in exposed).
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a mixed population, not exposed to acute radiation and with varying
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