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In Maren 1954,
2 paople of Pongzlep Island in the Marshall Island: vere
ay
aecideatelly cxposed to sublethal doses of fallout reciation during the
atomle bomb testing program.
ads whole-bocy gemun-ray
Sixty-four of these people
received evout 175
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osuve and 18 received ebout 69 reds,
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radiation exposure occurred from radioactive material deposited on the skin
and hair and frou incested vadionuclides.
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findings in tha cdults.
Early nausce with voalting
dinrrhon occurxvad in both children and
fo an?
adults.
The depression ef leukocyte and platelet levels thet develop2d was
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nore pronounces in the children.
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Eota burns of the skin end epilation were
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bade
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minimal scerrin:
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more severe in the chiléren but in all ege groups healing was rapid with
s complete.
Growth and development
appeared to be clichtly retexded in some exposed children coupared to nom:
exrnocsed children,
This growth les was perticulerly prominent in boys.whs
were loss than 5 years of eze at tire of exposurc.
No acute effects vere
noted in connection with the intern] ahsorption of radionuclides.
It has been calculated that the thyroid gland had absorbed ebout Il
micrecuries of
1 31y
end that the thyroid glands of young children |in the
a
heavily exposed group received doses of 700 to'1490 rads.
roid nodule wis foun’? in a li-year o ld ont
eixl.
In 1963, a thy-
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During the next 5 years 17
cases of thyroid ebnormalities (18 with necules, 2 with hypethyroidism) were
detected, all cmong e group of 19 children who were exposed at lecs than 10
hysold nodules hoya bara noted In 45 unenposed children
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