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American
highest activity
(Table 5.2),
was
or
the Rongelap greuy
The A linginae group bad less
arge i Tabies 52 and 5.4).
This is chiefly the
cast ef variations in the qtuintitv. of water
than half that «¢f tue Rengelap croup, und the
cid both the kind and quantity of food in-
Americans had about
vested.
of the Rongelay grous
one quarter the
wetivits
The mean gress be rs etoity of the are ot
the three grotuos cbeve vas roughly crepe
tional to the exter: i)
dose eveh wroip rece ed
However. a vorapa ft
unoedt the anenn beta
tivitvoof the urote ob Vinge uae and Vener oo
eroups dndienterr th of
cu butter tot a sores iit
lower smmount cf dr teenad Comtuniinaitien. eter
though both ereupe rece ved about the sane esx
ternal dose. (This ines be accounted for bay ob
fact that the A dimes ae Gronmp drank oontun
inated water frei cnen
taminated food pot
ontumers and ate con
tae tome of evactiation
whereas the Anmernct s cprested much fess oot:
tuminated fooo
tod waiter =< nee both were
largely stored (1. Geed artarmers
Dudoere
nation of the
Vanertoan
lauazards probate yo cfs
the sumount of
ceived,
on
The degree of exposure of the indi-
cidual to aad-borne activity is also a factor in
bokeh
oameerrinme toda on
tuefor ora pedin cae
Ph SPR
eae
The variitte as POPEW ITN Thetis
‘
pebevideds ca sot
ree SPoups os te
erecminine the individual degree of contam-
cation
Weale there were large variations
mone netoiduads. the day-to-day levels of acvet.
cor etch
tidisidaal
were
fairly con-
~fe ct
Murtoer
oformation on the source of in-
erenun Watations was obtained by grouping
cae onedividdials from the Rongelap and Adlhetnae eroup: according te age (Tables 5.5 and
ty Wile the activity exereted per unit volme of arinegs about the same for both children
od udtlts, the mean activity of the urine exveted oy 2d tiours by elildren under 15 vears
wae suineaely lawer than that excreted by
dudts. “Phe data uvailable do not indicate
elite ss 4ether the lower total excretion
cHieates a snitller total body burden tn the
pherer
resulting from lower inhalation and
aye tied. of whether it represents a higher deremot
uur
beeen
ist oon of the racie-elements by grow-