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Article: Airline pilots, crew may be at more risk of leukemia and other cancers.
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- December 13, 1999
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Research by scientists at the Copenhagen Institute of Cancer Epidemiology claims that airline pilots and cabin crew may be more susceptible to leukemia and other cancers.
According to The Lancet, the Danish researchers` study involved some 3,700 pilots and crew members who had flown more than 5,000 hours and they apparently found a higher rate of myeloid leukemia and other cancers in these people. The researchers suggested that the ...