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  1. Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Leeds, 17 Springfield Mount, LS2 9NG, Leeds, UK

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Cartwright, R.A. Leukemia clusters around nuclear facilities in Britain. Cancer Causes Control 3, 393–394 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146896

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