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From: Iodine intake as a risk factor for thyroid cancer: a comprehensive review of animal and human studies

Fig. 2

Thyroid cancer incidence and urinary iodine concentration evolution. National median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) (dashed line) as a proxy for iodine intake and age-standardized incidence rate of differentiated thyroid cancer (number of new cases per 100,000 per year) (solid line) in females of all ages in a United States, b Switzerland, and c China. Country data are from the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5) up to 2007 [69].

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