TABLE 1.

Exposure Characteristics of the Cohort by Settlement

				Dose (Gy)
		Persons	Date of test	Mean	Minimum	Maximum	SD
Settlement	Control area	9,604	n.a.a	0	0	0	0
	Cheremushka	538	29 Aug 1949	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Dolon	941	29 Aug 1949	0.39	0.0001	0.63	0.250
	Kainar	757	24 Sep 1951	0.06	0	0.11	0.042
	Kanonerka	1,239	29 Aug 1949	0.09	0.0002	0.15	0.059
	Karaul	2,836	12 Aug 1953	0.05	0	0.08	0.026
	Kaskabulak	515	12 Aug 1953	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Kundyzdy	613	12 Aug 1953	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Mostik	485	29 Aug 1949	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Sarzhal	1,013	12 Aug 1953	0.06	0	0.09|	0.033
	Znamenka	913	24 Aug 1956	0.02	0.0006	0.03	0.008
Exposed and available estimate		7,699		0.09	0	0.63	0.145

^aNot available, not applicable.