the Pacific has permitted biologists to develop rew techniques of
investigation and his suggested other areas in which the techniques may be
tested and applied. (C.H.)
Descriptors:
ALGAE;
ANIMALS;
ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS;
ENVIRONMENT;
FALLOUT;
FISSION PRODUCTS;
FOOD;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
PLANKTON;
PLANTS;
RADIOACTIVITY;
RADIOBIOLOGY;
SEA
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Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
10/5/179
153665
(Item 179 from file:
109)
NSA-15-010726
‘
AN ATTEMPT TO QUANTIFY SOME CLINICAL CRITERIA OF AGING
Conard, RvA.
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
Journal of Gerontology
(U.S.)
v 15.
Publication Date: Oct. 1960
358-63 p.
Coden: JOGEA
Secondary Report No.: BNL-4835
Note: BNL-4835
Note: 0022-1422
Journal Announcement: NSA15
Document Type: Journal Article
Language: English
In order to study possible premature aging effects of radiation in the
people of Rongelap in the Marshall Islands, a series of measurable criteria
generally associated with aging were recorded during the 1959 annual
medical survey (5-year postexposure) on 42 people who had been exposed to
radiation and 84 unexposed Marshallese. The criteria were chosen on the
basis of ease of assessment under field conditions considering time
limitation and language barrier. Some criteria were assessed on obsevation
by scoring on a 0 through 4+ and percentage basis (senile skin changes,
graying of hair, baldness, arcus senilis, peripheral arteriosclerosis,
retinal arteriosclerosis), The other criteria were measured directly and
also expressed on a percentage basis (skin looseness, skin elasticity,
accommodation of the eyes, visual acuity, hearing by audiometry, blood
pressure,
neuromuscular function,
and hand strength).
A skin caliper used
for measuring skin looseness and elasticity was de scribed.
Since no
differences were readily apparent between the exposed and unexposed people,
the data were pooled and presented at this time to describe the
methodology, trend of criteria changes with age, and attempt to assess
biological age.
Curves of the plotted data drawn by eye shohwed varying
degrees of age-associated change with different criteria. The measured
criteria were generally best correlated with age, particularly
accommodation of the eyes, visual acuity, skin elasticity, and hand
strength,
although some of the observational criteria,
serilis and graying of the hair,
such as arcus
seemed also to be fairly well correlated.
A plot of the average percentage scores for individuals by age (biological
age score) showed generally increasing scores with ages and less scatter
than was noted with individual criteria.
It is hoped that this approach may
prove helpful in assessing aging in human beings and may offer a clue to
possible radiation-induced aging. (auth)
10/5/180
(Item 180 from file:
147853
NSA-15-004899
FLORA OF
St.
John,
ELASTICITY;
POPULATIONS;
EYES;
RADIATION
9003585
Descriptors:
AGING;
BLOOD VESSELS;
DISEASES;
HATR;
MAN;
MEDICINE;
MUSCLES;
NERVOUS SYSTEM;
EFFECTS;
SKIN
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
109)
ENIWETOK ATOLL
H.
Chatham Coll., Pittsburgh
Pacific Sci.
v 14.
Publication Date: (1960) Oct.
Journal Announcement: NSA15
Document Type: Journal Article
Language: English
Descriptors:
ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS;
313-36 p.
ENVIRONMENT;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;