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Study Working Papers, ca. 1943-1982

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

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

Volume: 0.27 cu. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number: 10023

Condition:Good

Container Number: SS-5-2

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Series contains
handwritten notes and dark photocopies.

Duplication: Unknown
Arrangement: Alphabetical by name

Originating Office: Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series contains correspondence and research notes concerning the lung cancer study of Tennessee Eastman Corporation employees. The correspondence consists of letters to hospitals and next of kin requesting access to medical and autopsy records of former employees. The series also includes lists of hospital addresses and names of patients who died of lung cancer at each hospital, with tracking sheets for responses; information on histologic tumor types and diagnostic techniques used to determine tumor types; discharge summaries; autopsy and cytology reports; and copies of medical records.

For related records, see IV. Analysis Files, Uranium Dust Lung Cancer Study Employment History Data: Tennessee Eastman Corporation, 1943-1982.

Data Elements: 3, 6, 8, 11-12, 17, 20, 42, 47, 53-56

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