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Ashmore JP, Krewski D, Zielinski JM, Jiang H, Semenciw R, Band PR (1998) First analysis of mortality and occupational radiation exposure based on the National Dose Registry of Canada. Am J Epidemiol 148: 564-74

Black RJ, Sharp L, Harkness EF, McKinney PA (1994) Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: incidence in children and young adults resident in the Dounreay area of Caithness, Scotland in 1968-91. J Epidemiol Community Health 48: 232-6

Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) (1988). Second Report: Investigation of the possible increased incidence of leukaemia in young people near the Dounreay nuclear establishment, Caithness, Scotland (Chairman: Professor M Bobrow). London, HMSO.

Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) (1996). Fourth Report. The incidence of cancer and leukaemia in young people in the vicinity of the Sellafield site, West Cumbria: further studies and an update of the situation since the publication of the report of the Black Advisory Group in 1984 (Chairman: Professor B A Bridges). Wetherby, Department of Health.

Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) (2002). Seventh Report. Parents occupationally exposed to radiation prior to the conception of their children. A review of the evidence concerning the incidence of cancer in their children (Chairman: Professor B A Bridges OBE). Published by the National Radiological Protection Board.

Doll R, Evans HJ, Darby SC (1994) Paternal exposure not to blame. Nature 367: 678-80
Gilbert ES, Koshurnikova NA, Sokolnikov M, et al (2000) Liver cancers in Mayak workers. Radiat Res 154: 246-52

Hattchouel JM, Laplanche A, Hill C (1995) Leukaemia mortality around French nuclear sites. Br J Cancer 71: 651-3

Kinlen LJ (1995) Epidemiological evidence for an infective basis in childhood leukaemia. Br J Cancer 71: 1-5

Kossenko MM, Degteva MO, Vyushkova OV, Preston DL, Mabuchi K, Kozheurov VP (1997) Issues in the comparison of risk estimates for the population in the Techa River region and atomic bomb survivors. Radiat Res 148: 54-63

Muirhead CR (1998) Childhood cancer and nuclear installations: a review. Nucl Energy 37: 371-9

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