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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Study Documentation

Death Certificates for Los Alamos/Zia Company Autopsy Reports, 1959-1980

Location:

Active:
Inactive: LANL, Technical Area 59, Room 209, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records.

 Volume: 1 lin. in. (1 spiral notebook)

Accession or Other ID Number: None

 Condition: Good
Container Number: Cabinet 4, Shelf 1

Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Series contains faded records and handwritten notes.

 Duplication: Originals are in various state vital statistics offices/health departments. Duplicates are in Room 203.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by decedent name

Originating Office: Various state vital statistics offices and health departments

Finding Aids: Shelf list

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: These duplicate death certificates were collected by a Los Alamos National Laboratory radiobiologist for a study of plutonium measurement in autopsy tissue samples. The records accompany autopsy reports for Los Alamos/Zia Company employees maintained in a separate binder. Each death certificate includes the decedent's name and address, sex, dates and places of birth and death, age on last birthday, race, nationality, marital status, spouse's name, parents' names, social security number, occupation, cause of death, attending physician's name, and cemetery location.

For related records, see II. Los Alamos, General, Autopsy Reports for Los Alamos/Zia Workers, 1959-1979.

Data Elements: 7-9, 11-13, 17-18, 20-21, 23, 28, 53-56

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