Cancer morbidity in British military veterans included in chemical warfare agent experiments at Porton Down: cohort study

Carpenter LM.; Linsell L.; Brooks C.; Keegan TJ.; Langdon T.; Doyle P.; Maconochie NES.; Fletcher T.; Nieuwenhuijsen MJ.; Beral V.; Venables KM.

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Cancer morbidity in British military veterans included in chemical warfare agent experiments at Porton Down: cohort study

Carpenter LM., Linsell L., Brooks C., Keegan TJ., Langdon T., Doyle P., Maconochie NES., Fletcher T., Nieuwenhuijsen MJ., Beral V., Venables KM.

To determine cancer morbidity in members of the armed forces who took part in tests of chemical warfare agents from 1941 to 1989.

Type

Journal article

Journal

BMJ

Publication Date

2009

Volume

338

Addresses

Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF. lucy.carpenter@dphpc.ox.ac.uk

Keywords

Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Case-Control Studies, Chemical Warfare, Chemical Warfare Agents, Great Britain, Human Experimentation, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Military Personnel, Neoplasms, Research Personnel, Veterans, Young Adult