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UNSCEAR. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with scientific annexes. New York: United Nations, 2000.

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Ron, E, Doody M, Becker D et al. Cancer mortality following treatment for adult hyperthyroidism. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 280: 347-355 (1998).

Franklyn, J, Maisonneuve P, Sheppard M et al. Cancer incidence and mortality after radioiodine treatment for hyperthyroidism: a population-based cohort study. Lancet 353: 2111-2115 (1999).

Dickman P, Holm L-E, Lundell G, Boice JD, Hall P. Thyroid cancer risk after thyroid examination with 131I: a population-based cohort study in Sweden. Accepted for publication Int J Cancer

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