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In the follow up 22 409 incident cancer cases were retrieved in 1988\u20131996. A further analysis focused on the secular trend.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Main results:<\/jats:bold> Taking age and population density as confounding factors, and lung cancer incidence in 1988\u20131996 and total cancer incidence in 1986\u20131987 by municipality as proxy confounders for smoking and time trends, respectively, the adjusted relative risks for the deposition categories were 1.00 (reference &lt;3 kiloBecquerel\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), 1.05, 1.03, 1.08, 1.10, and 1.21. The excess relative risk was 0.11 per 100 kiloBecquerel\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (95% CI 0.03 to 0.20). Considering the secular trend, directly age standardised cancer incidence rate differences per 100 000 person years between 1988 to 1996 and the reference period 1986\u20131987, were 30.3 (indicating a time trend in the reference category), 36.8, 42.0, 45.8, 50.1, and 56.4. 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