Review of Va Clinical Guidance for the Health Conditions Identified by the Camp LeJeune Legislation

by Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Committee on the Review of Clinical Guidance for the Care of Health Conditions Identified by the Cam

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, located in eastern North Carolina, is a large installation that covers 156,000 acres and is home at any given time to a population of about 170,000 active-duty personnel, family members, retirees, and civilian employees living on base or in the surrounding community. Between 1957 and 1987, the ground water at Camp Lejeune was inadvertently contaminated with chemicals, primarily industrial solvents that are now...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309316006
• ISBN13: 9780309316002
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 120 Pages