Hanford Site: Data Collection

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Epidemiologic Studies

Hanford Site

Data Collection

Lung Cancer Study Records, 1983-1994

Location:

Active: PNL, 300 Area, Building 3767, Room 5
Inactive: RHA, 712 Building, Federal Center

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified; and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; building is in an access-controlled area.	*Volume*: 2.3 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number: PNL: 1) None; RHA: 2) 99955, 100,000	Condition: Fair
Container Number: 1) Records are in the first drawer of the second of two 4-drawer file cabinets; 2) 99955, 100,000	Medium: Paper and two 5-l/4 inch computer disks
Scanning Suitability: Series consists graphs oversized photocopies, poor-quality paper, handwritten notes, computer-generated reports, and computer disks	*Duplication*: The study results were published in Health Physics 58 (1990): 3-11.

Arrangement: Subject

Originating Office: Epidemiology and Biometry Group, PNL; Operations Analysis Department, HEHF

Finding Aids: RIDS Database; RHA-MIS Database

Disposition Authority: 1-2) DOE (1988) 1.3

Series Description: This series consists of documentation related to a lung cancer study of Hanford employees. Items of interest include a report of the study's findings, titled A Case-Cohort Study of Lung Cancer, Ionizing Radiation, and Tobacco Smoking Among Males at the Hanford Site; a computer-generated report of the file layout for submission to the Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource; general background information on the study; a log detailing each data management and analysis step taken during the course of the study; and computer-generated reports of data for the study. Personal identifiers in the reports are employee name, address, social security number, birth and death date, sex, and race. Other types of data include code designations for smoking habits (i.e., cigar, pipe), hire and termination dates, and job titles.

Data Elements: 7-8, 11, 16-17, 20-21, 24-25, 27-28, 36, 38-41, 54