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Epidemiologic Studies

Hanford Site


Electonic Records
Master Files

File Type: Analysis
Directory Name: HMS4: (Optical disk) File Name:MASTER_V10.DAT[aka MST79]

Location:

Active: PNL, 300 Area, Building 3767, Room 5
Inactive:

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified;
and may be a Privacy Act System of Records
building is in an access-controlled area.

Hardware/Software: Digital MicroVAX 3600/ASCII file format

Office/Program Supported: Epidemiology and Biometry Group, PNL

Originating Office: Epidemiology and Biometry Group, PNL

Disposition Authority: DOE (1988) 1.3

File Description: This is the original master file created in 1979, updated on an irregular basis, and used until 1989. Information includes research numbers, birthdates, death dates and causes, work histories, occupational radiation exposure data, job classes, and demographic data. There is one record per worker, for a total of 44,502 records, each with 85 fields. Occupational history data for 1944-1978, dosimetry data for 1944-1984, and mortality data for 1944-1981 (1944-1985 for Washington State deaths) are provided for Hanford site operations workers.

For related records and files, see Master File Records, 1988

Data Elements: 16-17, 20-21, 24-25, 54, 56, 60, 62, 69


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