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Death Certificates for Los Alamos/Zia Company Autopsy Reports, 1959-1980Location: Active:
Originating Office: Various state vital statistics offices and health departments Finding Aids: Shelf list Disposition Authority: Unscheduled Series Description: These duplicate death certificates were collected by a Los Alamos National Laboratory radiobiologist for a study of plutonium measurement in autopsy tissue samples. The records accompany autopsy reports for Los Alamos/Zia Company employees maintained in a separate binder. Each death certificate includes the decedent's name and address, sex, dates and places of birth and death, age on last birthday, race, nationality, marital status, spouse's name, parents' names, social security number, occupation, cause of death, attending physician's name, and cemetery location. For related records, see II. Los Alamos, General, Autopsy Reports for Los Alamos/Zia Workers, 1959-1979. Data Elements: 7-9, 11-13, 17-18, 20-21, 23, 28, 53-56 |