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Finding Aids
Study Documentation |
Autopsy Reports for Los Alamos/Zia Workers, 1959-1979Location: Active:
Originating Office: Unknown Finding Aids: Shelf list Disposition Authority: Unscheduled Series Description: These records, located in a binder labeled Autopsy Report, Tissue Section, Death Certificates [no death certificates are in the binder], were collected for a study of plutonium measurements in autopsy tissue samples. The records include abstracts of autopsy reports, which list autopsy book and page numbers and deceased employees' names, job titles, and death dates and causes. Also included are copies of autopsy reports, which indicate autopsy procedures, numbers, and dates; decedents' names, ages, and dates and causes of death; and names of pathologists who performed the autopsies. For related records, see II. Los Alamos, General, Death Certificates for Los Alamos/Zia Company Autopsy Reports, 1959-1980. Data Elements: 8, 28, 42, 54-55 |