Table 9. Body weights of Marshallese adult males in kilograms.*
_
Standard
9
_
Utirik
|
69
12.9
54.5
52
Bikini
50
. 72
11.7
Rongelap
87
63
9.4
Enewetakb
130
71
Maxim
Minimum
deviation
Mean
Number
Atoll
92.
100
86.
47.5
126
37
14
126
37
—
69¢
276
Total
a Conard et al. (1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1975); Mittenberger et al. (1980b); McCraw (1980).
b Personal communications, E.T. Lessard and R. Miltenberger, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
¢
Upton, NY (1979).
Weighted mean.
listed as 110 d in ICRP (1979,
(1977). This is consistent with
BNL on the half-time of
compartment in Marshallese
1990) and NCRP
data obtained by
the long-term
(Miltenberger et
al., 1981; Miltenberger and Lessard, 1987).
because it is based on a much lar
population and the difference betw
115-d_ half-life observed in 23
males is minimal. The half-time i
term compartment for 21 females i
study was 83 d (range 63-126 d).
madea separate calculation based on
A
summary of BNL data presented in Figure 4
shows that the distribution of biological halflife in 23 Marshallese adult males can be
considered lognormal with a median of 115 d, a
mean of 119 d, and a range of 76-178 d. In our dose
model for 137Cs, we used the 110-d haif-life
200 r
biological half-life and the smaller
for females. These two parameters
to a degree, and the dose to femal
somewhatless than the males.
T
T
T
1 200
175 +
s
2
=
a
=
150 F
r
bs
125 a
pe
8 100 -
®
3
F
}
| 100
2 6
r
4 90
50 F:
a5 t
0.1
4 80
t
5
an
34.4
|
50
1
66.6
L
95
99.9
70
Cumulative probability (%)
Figure 4. Probability plot of the biological half-life for 137Cs in Marshallese males.
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offsetting
would be