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Fig. 3. —Graph shows lifetime attributable cancer mortality risks per unit dose as a function of age at a single acute exposure as estimated by National Academy of Sciences BEIR V (Biological Effects of lonizing Radiations) committee (solid line) [12] and in ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) report 60 (dotted line) [13]. Note rapid increase in lifetime risk with decreasing age at exposure.