Epidemiologic Studies

Los Alamos National Laboratory

MOUND: Raw Data Files

Location: LANL, Technical Area 59, Los Alamos, NM 87545

File Names :	1)	MND_DEATH MNDHP2_ORID MND_PEOPLE_ORID MND_PO_ORID MND_PO1_ORID MND_PO2_ORID	3)PBI_CROSS_MND.DAT CROSS_PBI_LACEDR.DAT CROSS_PBI_RF.DAT MOUND.FDF 4)OHIO_DMV.DAT
	2)	MOUND.FDF MOUNDPBI.DAT	5) TRAX_92

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records.

Hardware/Software: 1) DEC 6240 Minicomputer/DATATRIEVE database management system; 2-4) DEC 6240 Minicomputer/ASCII file format; 5) DEC 6240 Minicomputer/ DATATRIEVE database management system

Originating Office: 1) LANL, Occupational Medicine Group, Epidemiology; 2) Pensions and Benefits Incorporated; 3) LANL, Occupational Medicine Group, Epidemiology; 4) Ohio motor vehicle department; 5) TRAX

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

File Description: These raw data files pertaining to epidemiologic studies at the Mound Plant contain the following personal identifiers: employee social security numbers, complete names, dates of birth and death, polonium exposure data numbers, and hire and termination dates. LANL obtained the data using personal, work history, vital status, and exposure records. Databases that may exist named MOUND_OCCHIST, XOCCHISTS_ORID, and MOUND_PU_ ORID are not correct and were not used by LANL's epidemiology staff. The files MND_PEOPLE_88 and NEW_MND_PEOPLE are older versions of MND_PEOPLE_ORID.

Several of the computer files pertaining to Mound involve the ascertainment of the current vital status of former plant employees. Files whose names have the extension .FDF generally contain vital status information provided by Pensions and Benefits Incorporated.

Related Records:

II. Study Documentation

Mound Plant

Coding Cleanup Files, 1980-1982
Coding Instructions and Review Records, 1980-1983
Coding Sheets, 1980
Occupational Coding Files, 1981-1982

III.Electronic Records

Documentation

Computer Log Reports, 1985-Current
Computer Programmer Daily Journals, 1979-Current
Computer Programmer Working Files, 1983-Current
DATATRIEVE Documentation and Coding Instructions, ca. 1982-Current
Mound Database Administrative Records, 1980-1984
Mound Database Documentation, 1982
Study Logs, 1980-1985