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Epidemiologic Studies

Los Alamos National Laboratory


Study Documentation

Cause of Death Reports, 1986-1987

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: ca. 3.25 lin. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number: None

Condition: Good to fair

Container Number: Cabinet 4, Shelf 6

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Series contains computer-generated reports and handwritten notes.

Duplication: Some duplication may occur in a computer database.

Arrangement: None

Originating Office: LANL, Occupational Medicine Group, Epidemiology

Finding Aids: Shelf list

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series consists of statistical analyses pertaining to causes of death among female workers at Los Alamos. The analyses include exposure levels to radiation and induction periods [period of time between exposure to radiation and cancer diagnosis] of two, five, and ten years. Also included are statistics showing the annual rate of occurrence for various types of cancers in a five-year period times 1000 for Rocky Flats white male workers exposed to more than one rem, with induction periods of two, five, and ten years.

Data Elements: None

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