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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2010 Aug;99(2):105–123. doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181dc523c

Table 9.

Proportion (%) of total organ dose to adults of each of four communities from the six tests contributing most to the total dose.

Majuro residents
Kwajalein residents
Utrik community
Rongelap Island community
Nuclear test Proportion (%) Nuclear test Proportion (%) Nuclear test Proportion (%) Nuclear test Proportion (%)
Thyroid
 Koon 29 Yankee 37 Bravo 93 Bravo 94
 Romeo 29 Yoke 21 Yankee 3 Romeo 2
 Bravo 23 Koon 18 Koon 2 Koon 2
 Flathead 6 Romeo 8 Romeo 0.8 Union 0.8
 Mike 5 Flathead 5 Fir 0.4 Yankee 0.5
 King 3 Bravo 5 Union 0.3 Zuni 0.1
Cumulative 95 Cumulative 92 Cumulative ~100 Cumulative ~100
Red Bone Marrow
 Romeo 33 Yankee 36 Bravo 94 Bravo 83
 Koon 31 Yoke 21 Romeo 2 Romeo 7
 Bravo 19 Koon 14 Koon 1 Koon 6
 Flathead 5 Romeo 11 Yankee 1 Union 2
 Mike 4 Flathead 5 Union 0.7 Yankee 1
 Union 3 Bravo 4 Fir 0.5 Zuni 0.3
Cumulative 95 Cumulative 91 Cumulative ~100 Cumulative ~100
Stomach
 Romeo 33 Yankee 36 Bravo 94 Bravo 85
 Koon 31 Yoke 21 Romeo 2 Romeo 6
 Bravo 20 Koon 14 Koon 1 Koon 5
 Flathead 5 Romeo 11 Yankee 1 Union 2
 Mike 4 Flathead 5 Union 0.7 Yankee 1
 Union 3 Bravo 4 Fir 0.5 Zuni 0.3
Cumulative 96 Cumulative 91 Cumulative ~100 Cumulative ~100
Colon
 Romeo 31 Yankee 36 Bravo 95 Bravo 90
 Koon 30 Yoke 22 Yankee 2 Romeo 4
 Bravo 21 Koon 15 Koon 1 Koon 3
 Flathead 6 Romeo 10 Romeo 1 Union 1
 Mike 5 Flathead 5 Union 0.5 Yankee 0.8
 King 2 Bravo 4 Fir 0.4 Zuni 0.2
Cumulative 95 Cumulative 92 Cumulative ~100 Cumulative ~100