Evaluation of mortality among marines and navy personnel exposed to contaminated drinking water at USMC base Camp Lejeune: A retrospective cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bove, Frank J ^a   Ruckart, Perri Zeitz ^a   Maslia, Morris ^a   Larson, Theodore C ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Cancers; Drinking water; Mortality; Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DRINKING WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAVY; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895921546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-10     Document Type: Article

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