Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education: Electronic Records

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Uranium Miners Study Data

File Name: MARCH88.MINER FIX1ANAL.UMINER	*Tape No.*: SLI003
Location: Active: ORISE, CER, Room 106 Inactive:

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; ORISE is an access-restricted facility.	*Hardware/Software*:IBM 9221/SAS

Office/Program Supported by the System: Center for Epidemiologic Research, ORISE

Originating Office: Center for Epidemiologic Research, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

File Description: These files were used in an unfinished project concerning uranium miners at Oak Ridge which did not result in a full-fledged study. File MARCH88.MINER consists of 3,347 records with 78 variables pertaining to employees, including birth and death dates. File FIX1ANAL.UMINER is a duplication of another file and has 3,346 records with 69 variables. This data set was compiled by a former CER employee. It does not have complete documentation, and the date range of the records cannot be determined. These files have not been used in CER human mortality studies.

Data Elements: 17, 20-21, 24-25