rate of 8.1 per 1000 population. compared with 8.3
for the comparison population and 6.8 for the
were slightly
e mea n erythrocyte levels
that in 1959 th
elements
These blood
iower in the exposed people.
nthe Ailingnae group also showed someslight
levels but not
depression below the unexposed
Marshall Islands as a whole.
Certain findings were possibly related te» the
Rongelap exposed
quite so marked as seen in the
ted in
wagpot
radiation expasure,such as loss in weight of s@Veral
pounds in most of the people during the first
several monthsafter exposure and suggestive Fidefice of slight lag in growth and dgevelopaient of
the children basedon studies of héight, ‘weight,
and bone development( but ineonclusive pending
ictendency.
group. A general anemic
ed aft u reatosed,
the Marshallese.ae aye
ge, showe : 5Hight
aveta
Price-_ fanes curves,
leyéts were geniron
Serum
microcvuc tendency.
the blodd eleerally normal. The fact that some of
yet,returned
not
have
ments in the exposed group
verification of more eXact agesof some of the
posto the levels in the unexposed group raises the
children).
“gee
In connection with.growth and development studies,
sibility that a residual radiation eff
apmarrow persists, but other, not immediately
involved.
be
may
parent. factors
same
Reticulocyte counts have been about the
a project on the verification of accuracyofages of
Bone marrow exaimgnations on a number of exposed individarals-ap6 months and 3 years post
children must await confirmation.%€ was Hoted,
the children has not been completed and,.therefore, the suggestive evidence previously presented
of possible lag in statural growthia1the-exposed
in the exposed and unexposed people.
however, that in the 6-vear chronolog
exposure showed no"abnormifities orr defisiencies
*
of cellular elements: **
as
Clinical examinations revea
4, we
ne
group, three boys and one, girlgut o
two girls in.she 3
$
2°
dg
age
ihe
sgantly:Wwiatded ske it | inaturation asJpaiged by
" X-rav examiitation™ | » birtHates of these chil-
,
esses or symptoms which could be attributed to
radiation effects, aside from skin lesions, loss of
dren seemed to be fairly well established.
It was difficult to evaluate the effects onfertility.
However, a reviewof the dirth rate of the exposed
group over the past 6 vears seems to indicate no
hair, and earlv symptoms. No specific therapy was
given. Epidemics of chicken pox and measles oc-
curred. The diseases encountered were no more
severe or frequent in the irradiated group than in
noticeable effect of their exposure onfertility. The
the unexposed group. even during the peryod.ok 24 births r@present a rate of 48 per 1000 popula-
greatest depression of peripheral bigéd ele
* uon, co
fared with 37.3 for the Marshall Islands
At 3 vears*px pexpipsure the immune response
to primary apd-ge
ry tetanus antitoxin was
(1957). T
zubirths over a3-year period for the
.
comparisqnape ulationre 5 aane rate of 62 per
lations.
miscarriages gnd stillbirths.
posed women, os,
..
tested and fodndAge tobe significantly different
in the exposed.
ta to the unexposed popu-
Four pers
2
re ¢
ed population died of
Statin
disease: (1) a
3 db-¥ ar- 3 man with a hypertensive
heart diseaséwhich
had been present at the time
of exposure,who died 2 years after the accident;
(2) a 78-year-old man whodied, 3 years after exposure, of coronary heart disease complicating
diabetes; (3) a 36-year-old man who died of acute
ne
gresieer incidespe-af
in the
; f : ascularsurvey of the adults (188 i J is
ie
“Betw r4hee
ietan di ithflere
angf@gacxpos
s. The peogeedapper
have less hyvera on
wiiedtthan ivcougl .
varicella, + years after exposure, who hadreceived
imperate fn the contine
the fallout; and (4)a Wear-olc
Yan who died
of a cancerof théjfygues@i 5 veargaafeer exposure.
people, and about the same incidenceas is seen in
onlv 69 r, having been on Ailin
There was no
t the time of” °
Agent relationship between any
of these deaths and radiation exposure. Four
deaths have occurred in the comparison popula-
tion. The four deaths that have occurred in the
exposed people since exposure represent a mortality
United States.
=
An arthritis survey (1959) showed no greatdifferences between the exposed and the unexposed
American populations.
Ophthalmological surveys showed no remarkable
differences between the exposed and unexposed
groups except possibly a slightly greater number
of cases of pterygii, pingueculae, and cornealscars