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More evidence of air crew leukaemia link

Danish scientists working for the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen have found additional evidence of the link between exposure of air crews and other frequent flyers to cosmic radiation and the onset of leukaemia. This supports earlier research showing such exposure was linked to changes in chromosome 7, associated with development of myeloid leukaemia.

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