ie)
ea
Table 2.
Length of stay on home island of unexposed Marshallese developing
thyroid nodules at age >12 (S=surgery).
Group (No. in group)
Pt. No.
Sex
Rongelap (668)
Age (1979)
Length of stay on island (yr)
1573
829
938
841
858
867
M
F
F
F
F
F
29
40
40
46
80(?)
51
0
3
3
ll
ll (died 1973)
3
4023
910
1007
1575
4014
F
M
M
F
F
45
49
68
73
62
2
6
12
9
0
1554
F
60
980
1524
4009
882
Utirik (473)
3074
3015
3006
3042
3058
2279
3565
F
M
M
M
28
38
35
48
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
26
41
78
51
52
23
24
F
26
uit
5030
M
36
Mr
3096
F
858
3555
Wotje (162)
5061
5027
5059
5074
F
F
F
M
F
F
5053
F
Likiep (173 in 1970)
M
M
3023
F
M
F
F
(2)
13 (7)
?
5
4
13
24 (72)
|.
23
5
2 (7)
1 (2)
14
13
15 (7)
?
?
26
33
MT
MT
53
68
MT
MT
55
MT
68
MT
61
85(?2)
MI
MT
73
91(7)
65
23
MT
MT
1954-1970
?
4MT = Probably most of the time.
*A small focus of “occult™ cancer reperted by a minority of pathologists.
Such occult lesions are not infrequently found at autopsy and are generally
considered to be of little clinical significance.
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