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Epidemiologic Studies


Introduction

Administrative Records

Study Documentation

Electronic Records

Appendices

Alphabetical List of Series Titles

Acronyms

Los Alamos National Laboratory:
A Guide to Records Series Supporting
Epidemiologic Studies Conducted
by the Department of Energy

Table of Contents

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

ACCESS

METHODOLOGY

SCOPE

ARRANGEMENT

DATA ITEMS IN RECORDS SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

NOTES

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Chapter I: Administrative Records

LANL Epidemiology Section
  • Administrative Correspondence, ca. 1987-1994
  • Alphabetical Subject Files, ca. 1975-1994
  • Facility Files, 1975-1994
  • Institutional Files, ca. 1976-1990
  • Monthly/Quarterly Reports, 1981-1987
  • Office Memoranda, 1980-1989
  • Staff Papers and Publications, ca. 1989-1992
  • Chapter II: Study Documentation

    General
  • Bureau of the Census Population and Housing Characteristics, 1960
  • Data Inventory Records, 1977-1978
  • Death Certificates, 1943-1991
  • Death Certificates for New Mexico, Indexes, 1940-1980
  • Department of Motor Vehicles Search Returns, 1985-1992
  • Exposure Monitoring Records, 1943-1947
  • Personnel Security Questionnaire (PSQ) Database Logs, 1993-1994
  • Personnel Security Questionnaires (PSQs), ca. 1950-1993
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Correspondence and Documentation, 1977-1984
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Returns, 1979-1981
  • Tracing Records, 1982-1992
  • University of California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Database Statistical Report, 1983-1984
  • Uranium Miner Documentation Model, ca. 1970-1971

    Health Study of Workers
  • Data Inventory Records, 1977
  • Database Records, ca. 1946-1979
  • Employee List, 1982
  • Health Physics Inventory Records, 1977-1978
  • Photodosimetry Evaluation Books, 1944-1985
  • Protocol for the Study of Morbidity Among Plutonium Workers at Six Department of Energy Facilities, 1985
  • Source Records, 1978-1990
  • Study Records, 1944-1993
  • Zia Company Employee Mortality and Occupational Exposure Analysis Reports, 1991

    Albuquerque Operations Office
  • Coding and Editing Instructions and History, 1948-1980
  • Coding Sheets, 1979
  • Employee List, 1982
  • Employee Record Cards, ca. 1945-1979
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Submissions and Returns, 1980

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

    General
  • Active and Terminated Employee List, 1983
  • Anniversary Attendance Records, 1983-1993
  • Autopsy Reports for Los Alamos/Zia Workers, 1959-1979
  • Comment Sheets, 1982-1983
  • Data Inventory Sheets, 1978
  • Death Certificate Search Status for Deceased Employees, 1983
  • Death Certificates for Los Alamos/Zia Company Autopsy Reports, 1959-1980
  • Deceased Employee List, 1953-1981
  • Dosimetry Roster, 1977
  • Employee Database Reports, 1983
  • Employee Lists, 1980-1984
  • Employee Lists, Employee Information System (EIS) and Health Physics (HP) Databases, 1964-1982
  • Employee Reunion Lists, 1985-1990
  • Job History Coding Information, 1951-1985
  • Male and Female Employee Lists, 1980-1982
  • Mortality Data Analysis Reports, 1977-1978
  • Personnel Files, ca. 1945-1979
  • Race and Ethnicity Employee List, 1983
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Returns, 1979-1982
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Submissions, 1979
  • Tracing Records, 1986-1987
  • Visitor List, 1989
  • Z Books, undated
  • Z Number Records, 1984-1992

    Birth Studies
  • Birth Studies Files, ca. 1949-1978

    Female Mortality Study
  • Cause of Death Reports, 1986-1987
  • First Positive Exposure Data, 1986
  • Health Physics Cases and Controls, 1945-1982
  • Name Change Records, ca. 1986
  • Source and Data Analysis Records, 1986-1987
  • Statistical Analyses, 1986-1987

    Health Study of Plutonium Workers
  • Employee Lists, 1974-1979
  • Plutonium Body Burden Records, 1977-1992
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Data, 1978
  • Study Records, ca. 1945-1976

    Injury Mortality
  • Accident Data, 1976
  • Accident Records, 1945-1977
  • Injury List, 1977
  • "Injury Mortality Among Employees of the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final 1986"
  • Injury Reports, 1986
  • Medical Records, 1945-1956
  • Statistical Analyses, 1986
  • Study Records, 1985-1986

    Lung Cancer Study
  • "Rejects From Lung Cancer Study," 1983

    Male Workers
  • Employee Report, 1987
  • Exposure Rates Analysis Records, 1977
  • Source and Data Analysis Records, ca. 1990-1993

    Malignant Melanoma
  • Data Analyses of Malignant Melanoma Rates, 198
  • Incidence Study New Mexico Tumor Registry Linkage Files, 1982, 198
  • Incidence Study Reports, 1982-198
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Melanoma Study Reports, 1972-198
  • Study Records, ca. 1967-198

    Smoking Study
  • Medical Files Information, 1979
  • Smoking Histories, 1986
  • Study Records, 1984-1985

    Wellness Study
  • Activity Logs, 1984
  • Blood Pressure Information Forms, 1984
  • Health and Fitness Progress Test, 1985
  • Mason and Hanger Wellness Study Records, 1985-1987
  • Physical Fitness Class Schedules, 1985
  • Wellness Profiles, 1984

    Zia Company
  • Adjusted Mortality Rate Data, 1991
  • Coding Forms, 1980
  • Deceased Employee Lists, 1980, 1982
  • Department of Motor Vehicle Records, 1989
  • Employee Lists, 1980-1989
  • Employee Termination Cards, ca. 1951-1979
  • External Exposure Reports, 1984, 1986-1990
  • Personnel Abstract Sheets, 1976
  • Personnel Documentation and Corrections, 1985-1988
  • Personnel Files, ca. 1946-1978
  • Personnel Reports, 1980, undated
  • Study Logs, 1989
  • Z and Visitor Number Report, 1989

  • Mound Plant
  • Abstract and Coding Cards, ca. 1964-1976
  • Active and Terminated Employee Lists, 1978
  • Coding Cleanup Files, 1980-1982
  • Coding Instructions and Review Records, 1980-1983
  • Coding Sheets, 1980
  • Data Records, 1971-1983
  • Editing Reports, 1980-1989
  • Employee List, 1983
  • Employee Record Cards, ca. 1947-1979
  • Employee Record Sheets, ca. 1948-1981
  • Employee Reports, 1978-1983, 1990
  • Employee Search Files, 1973, 1983
  • Health Physics Employee Reports, 1980-1982
  • Health Physics Files, ca. 1947-1979
  • Internal Revenue Service Form 941s, 1944-1978, 1980
  • Lists of Employees Reported on Form 941s, 1983
  • Master Record Book Sheets, ca. 1945-1978
  • Occupational Coding Files, 1981-1982
  • Plutonium Body Burden Data, 1971, 1980-1982
  • Plutonium Body Burden Records, 1982
  • Polonium Exposure Records, 1988
  • Polonium Study Records, ca. 1984
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Submission Documentation, 1978-1983
  • Social Security Administration (SSA) Submission Results, January 1979
  • Social Security Number Data, January 1980
  • Whole Body Dosage Reports, 1981-1982

    Nevada Test Site
  • Radiation Exposure Records, 1945-1960
  • Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo) Dosimetry Records, ca. 1945-1983
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities Five Rem Study, 1984
  • Pantex Plant Employee Histories, ca. 1970s and 1980s
  • Employee Record Cards, 1951-1981
  • Epidemiologic Study Records, ca. 1950-1990
  • Occupational Radiation Exposure Records, ca. 1955-1979
  • Personnel Files, ca. 1950-1979
  • Source and Data Analysis Records, ca. 1980-1982
  • Subcontractor Files, ca. 1960-1980
  • Terminated Employee Record Cards, ca. 1955-1981
  • Terminated Employee Security Records, ca. 1955-1981

    Rocky Flats Plant

    General
  • Birth Certificates, 1919-1977
  • Body Count Books, ca. 1951-1979
  • Coding Sheets, 1979-1981
  • Data Inventory and Visitor Dosimetry Records, 1957-1964, 1971, 1977-1979
  • Employee Record Cards, ca. 1951-1978
  • Epidemiologic Study Records, 1977-1991
  • Exposure Coding Records, 1991-1992
  • Health Physics Files, ca. 1951-1979
  • Health Physics Lists, 1977-1978
  • Identification Records, 1979
  • Internal Exposure Abstracts, 1978
  • Mortality Rates, 1981-1982
  • Personnel Files, ca. 1951-1979
  • Personnel Security Questionnaires (PSQs), 1952-1981
  • Social Security Number Reports, July 1979
  • Wound Book, ca. 1956-1978
  • Year End Urinalysis Reports, 1977

    American Journal of Epidemiology Paper
  • Chronology and Background Materials, 1990
  • Statistical Analyses, 1986-1987

    Brain Cancer Study
  • Residual Confounding Paper Analyses, 1986-1987
  • Study Records, 1958, [1980]-1983
  • Budget Records, 1991-1994
  • Progress Reports, 1993
  • Source Records, ca. 1952-1994

  • Savannah River Site
  • Database Records, 1970-1982
  • Employee Record Cards, ca. 1950-1969
  • Internal/External Dosimetry Files, ca. 1950-1979
  • Personnel Files, 1980-1982
  • Procedure Manuals, 1977-1991

  • Chapter III: Electronic Records

    Documentation
  • Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) Database Update Log, 1993-Current
  • Computer Log Reports, 1985-Current
  • Computer Programmer Daily Journals, 1979-Current
  • Computer Programmer Working Files, 1983-Current
  • Computer Tapes Index, 1977-1979
  • Data File LASL.EXP Documentation, 1978-1987
  • Data Files in Mass Storage Documentation, ca. 1978-1981
  • DATATRIEVE Documentation and Coding Instructions, ca. 1982-Current
  • Health Study of Workers Database Documentation, 1978
  • Los Alamos "SSA Return" Database Coding Information, 1981-1982
  • Metadata of Data Files Submitted for Inclusion in the Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) Database, 1991-Current
  • Mound Database Administrative Records, 1980-1984
  • Mound Database Documentation, 1982
  • National Plutonium Workers Study Database Coding Instructions, ca. 1982-1991
  • ORACLE Database Documentation, 1991-Current
  • Plutonium Workers Study Database Log, 1990
  • Plutonium Workers Study S2K Database Information, 1976-1978
  • Rocky Flats Complex Chemicals Project Database Modification Logs, 1993-Current
  • Rocky Flats Database Analytical Files Instructions, 1993
  • Rocky Flats Database Documentation, 1981
  • Rocky Flats Database Editing Log, undated
  • Savannah River Database Documentation, 1981-1982
  • Study Logs, 1980-1985
  • Zia Database Documentation, ca. 1987-Current
  • Zia Database Logs, 1989

    Files
  • Multi-Facility: Raw Data Files
  • LANL: Analysis Files
  • LANL: Raw Data Files
  • LANL: Supporting Files
  • Mound: Analysis Files
  • Mound: Raw Data Files
  • Oak Ridge: Raw Data Files
  • Pantex: Analysis Files
  • Pantex: Raw Data Files
  • Rocky Flats: Analysis Files
  • Rocky Flats: Raw Data Files
  • Rocky Flats: Supporting Files
  • Savannah River: Raw Data Files

  • Appendices

    A. Publications of the Los Alamos Epidemiology Staff
    B. Information Requested by the Department of Energy for
    Epidemiologic and Health Studies (Revised)
    C. Directory Listing
    1. Magnetic Tapes Stored in Room 209
    2. Directories on Mainframe in the Central Computing Facility
    3. Vax Directories
    D. Determining Suitability for Scanning