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. 2021 Nov 3;11:21562. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00882-7

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A schematic illustration of the participant selection process that was used in the present study. Of a total of 514,866 participants, 4632 thyroid cancer participants were matched with 18,528 control participants for age, sex, income, and region of residence. Then, the thyroid cancer and control groups were linked with meteorological data and air pollution data before the index date.