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Figure 49. RBC values of exposed females plotted against
age. Solid line represents mean level of unexposed female
popuiauon, 1963.
Ailingnae Population. The 16 people in the
Ailingnae population that were examined during
was of interest that the platelet counts for all age
groups averaged considerably higher in the Ctirik
these two years showed blood counts similar to
those of the higher dose Rongeiap group. The 10year platelet counts in the Ailingnae women were
considerably higher than the previous counts; the
reason for this is not apparent. The blood data on
this group of people are summarized in Tables 18
and 19 and Appendix 2.
Utirik Population. The people of Utirik Atoll
who had been cxposed to a very low dose of radiation (an estimated 14 rads of whole-body gamma
radiation) had leukocyte, neutrophil, and lymphocyte counts of about the samelevels as seen in the
unexposed comparison population of Rongelap
(Table 18 and Appendices 3 and 4). However,it
people than in the Rongelap unexposed population.
The explanation for this is not apparent. The eryth-
rocytes, hemoglobin, and hematocrit levels were
about the same as in the unexposed Rongelap people.
Children of Exposed Parents.
Blood courts of
children of exposed parents compared with those
of the children of parents in the comparison population showed no significant differences. These
data are tabulated in Tables [8 and 19 and Ap
pendices 4 and 5. During the 7th and &th-year
surveys these children had shown slightly lower
levels of leukocytes and plateiets compared with
children of unexposed parents. This differenceis
not apparent at this time.
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