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C. Thyroid Radaition Dose Estimates for I131
Pages 87-87

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... These estimates have been used in Table 2.3 to calculate average thyroid dose and thyroid cancer risk. Thyroid doses could not be estimated for Wainwright, Point Lay, or Point Hope subjects because of insufficient data in Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory Technical Report 57-36.
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