Cancer Incidence among Marines and Navy Personnel and Civilian Workers Exposed to Industrial Solvents in Drinking Water at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: A Cohort Study

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Frank Bove · Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

April Greek · Battelle

Ruth Gatiba · Battelle

Betsy Kohler · North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Recinda Sherman · North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Gyu‐Tae Shin · Battelle

Aaron Bernstein

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Increased risks of several cancers were observed among Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune compared with Camp Pendleton. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14966.

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Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Air Quality and Health Impacts Occupational and environmental lung diseases

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Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 132, Issue 10, pp. 107008-107008

DOI: 10.1289/ehp14966

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Cancer Incidence among Marines and Navy Personnel and Civilian Workers Exposed to Industrial Solvents in Drinking Water at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: A Cohort Study

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