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Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education


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Oak Ridge, Y-12 Facility, Whole Body Count Data, 1961-1991

File Name: 1) Y126188.WBCLINK
                    2) Y12WBC8991.DATA

Tape No.: 1) CER 363
                 2) CER 529

Location:  Active: ORISE, CER, Room 134
Inactive:



Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified
and may be a Privacy Act System of Records;
ORISE is an access-restricted facility.

Hardware/Software:IBM 9221/EBCDIC file format

Office/Program Supported by the System: Center for Epidemiologic Research, ORISE

Originating Office: Union Carbide Corporation; Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

File Description: These files contain whole body count information pertaining to workers at Y-12. File Y126188.WBCLINK contains 66,274 records from 1961 to 1988. File Y12WBC8991.DATA contains 34,378 records from 1989 to 1991. Variables include workers' names, social security numbers, dates of birth, sex, and physical characteristics (e.g., weights); exposure levels; types of analyses; lung burdens; and test results for various substances.

For related records, see series listed under I. Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge Operations and IV. Documentation, Dosimetry Data Documentation, 1985-1992.

Data Elements:7-8, 17, 20, 69

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