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Table 1 Thyroid screening via ultrasound echography among populations with no, low, and high exposure around Chernobyl

Author(s)	Age at time of accident	Period of investigation	Age at screening	Study area	Exposure or contamination level	Number of examinees	Thyroid cancer cases detected
Belarus Screening Program ^a	Born after 1987	2002	Less than 15 y	Gomel	Unexposed in severely contaminated areas	25,446	0
Shibata ^b	Born after 1987	1998–2000	8–13 y	Gomel	Unexposed in severely contaminated areas	9472	0
Ito ^c	0–10 y	1993–1994	7–18 y	Mogilev	Relatively low	12,285	0 (2) ^d
Ito ^c	0–10 y	1993–1994	7–18 y	Bryanks	High	12,147	0 (8) ^d
Ito ^c	0–10 y	1993–1994	7–18 y	Zhitomir	High	11,095	1 (9) ^d
Ito ^c	0–10 y	1993–1994	7–18 y	Gomel	High	8949	2 (39) ^d
Ito ^c	0–10 y	1993–1994	7–18 y	Kiev	High	10,578	1 (6) ^d

^a Krysenko [11]
^b Shibata et al. [9]
^c Ito et al. (results from June 1993 to May 1994) [12]
^d Values in parentheses are results in 1996 (https://nippon.zaidan.info/seikabutsu/1999/00198/contents/009.htm)

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