APPENDIX |
Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure
WBC
(x10 °)
Postexposure day
-_ <5
Neutrophils
(10°)
Lymphocevtes
ix LO %)
Platelets
(x10 +)
>3
<3
35
<3
5
Male
<10
Male
>10
Monocytes
bx lO)
Eosinophils
ix 10
Female
albages
Total
group
<5
>>3
ay
3
a7
3
9.0
8.2
64
45
18
22
—
—
=
—
0.8
03
OL
7
49
6.2
—
—
_
—_
—
_
—
—
—
—
~
3.9
39°
6.7
6.3
6.5
7.2
3.7)
6.1
LO
12
13
18
23
26
30
6.6
7.0
7.65
7.1
3.5
74
43
7.8
33
39
43
+7
31
36
b3
70)
7
6-mo survey
l-vr survev
6.5 6.2
3.70035
53.2. 5.2
3.9 3.8
6.7 3.6
7.0 6.0
7.7 6.0
7.6 63
=
8.5 6.6
10.1 8.1
2-vr survey
11.8
3-vr survey
4-vr survey
S-vr survey
6-vr survey
7-VF SUTIVeY
Majuro controls
Rita controls. 6 mo
Rita controls, | yr
Rita controls, 2 vr
Rongelap controls, 3 vr
Rongelap controls, + vr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 7 yr
8.6
8.6 69
89 7.5
135 93
—
65
—
7.4
13.2 9.7
10.7 7.6
—=
14.0 89
9.8 6.9
11.2 80
13.7 10.1
—
78
4.5
26
21
260°
21
3.5
3.2
34
3.9
4.1
47
2.1
2.4
2.4
30
3.9
23
3.8
3.3
2.6
3.3
35
3.3
3.6
4.0
—
4.2
(4.8
32
2.6
2.9
3.1
3400
37
37
3.30
—
3.6
46
4.8
47
4.0
3.1
3.0
20
26
26
3.5
3.9
3.8
—
4.6
+70
3.9
410
3.3
69
—
—
48
#54
—
7.0
40
+0
6.2
—
3.0
3.3
3.7
34
48
35
39
48
5.2
—
4.4
3.4
3.6
3.2
42
3.2
3.7)
46
6.0
—
—
74
4.7
—
5.6
4.7
6.2
6.2
—
1.7
19
2.1
28.2
22.7
24.9
24.8
—
29
7
lb
1.6
19
2.0
24
18
13
09
yb
22
hy
rb
Ue
4
—
27.1
21.8
—
21.3
19.1
—
71.7
21.8
—
22.5
21.0
4.20034
3.0
2.3
27
17
18
13.2
12.9
10.9
11.9
19
2.0
20
23
24
2
0604
28
22
—
22
28
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.1
—
23.1
—
26.2
24.4
26.6
16.6
22.0
20.9
20.6
17.5
_
18.2
—
21.7
20.3
19.5
15.1
22.4
23.2
23.9
21.2
-—
20.2
—
24.7
23.2
27.6
16.0
22.8
23.2
23.4
20.3
—
20.1
—
24.1
22.6
24.9
17
bs
0.9
0.9
ht
oo.
Oo
10
2.5
1.6
L742
05
0.4
—
—
bh4
11
07
13
2b
22
n>
Lo
Lb
G8
L}oo03
OR U7
24
bhT
1h
Fw
3.4
30.0
21.4
23.5
24.7
27
Vey
14
2.1
2.7
3.6
4.0
27
29
4.1
3.7
_
3.6
29
37
4.1
31
*Includes all males >7.
+8
168
14.1
32.0
32.5
32.3
—
—
41.2
35.0
37.5
35.5
32.6
38.8
33.8
~
146
12.3
22.1
27.1
24.4
—
24.6*
25.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0
28.3"
152
11.8
28.1
30.8
27.6
—
27.3
36.5
30.9
29.4*
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
314
15.30
12.3
=
—
—
—
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
—
—
—
—
120
13000
2.7
—
—
20
19
—
b+
14
23
37
—
16
Ld
1.
19
blo
3900
OLB
be
43
07
tt
4)
Ob
4a
20
LG
os
ry
bi
pba
17
a)
way
be
bs
48
145
07
11
23
[2
5b
hy
bit
mo
44
holo
12
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