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Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

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Study Records, ca. 1947-1994

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified
and may be a Privacy Act System of Records;
ORISE is an access-restricted facility.

Volume: 2 cu. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number: None

 Condition:Good to fair

Container Number: Next to FC-14

Medium: Paper

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

Duplication: Unknown
Arrangement: None

Originating Office: Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series consists of research materials used for the Study of Morbidity and Mortality from Select Causes Among Oak Ridge Y-12 Sheet Metal Workers. The investigation compared the projected and actual United States population mortality rates for sheet metal workers. Also analyzed were morbidity data for Y-12 sheet metal workers and data from the Atlanta area Surveillance Epidemiology End Results.

The series includes correspondence, the study proposal, memoranda, mailing lists, minutes of meetings, and progress reports. Information gathered by the Tennessee Career Reporting System (TCRS) is also included, as well as computer documentation for entering worker data into the database. Results of queries submitted to the TCRS, and industrial hygiene records from Y-12 are included.

Also included are toxicological records pertaining to employees exposed to nickel, aluminum, perchlorethylene, trichloroethylene, oil mist, epichlorohydrine, yttrium, copper, chromium, ethylacetate, stainless steel, naptha, fiber glass, polychlorinated biphenyls, magnesium, and molybdenum. Personal information in these records includes identification number, social security number, type, date of birth, sex, race, and vital status. Sheet metal questionnaires/exposure materials are also included.

For related records, see series listed under IV. Analysis Files, Oak Ridge, Y-12 Facility.

Data Elements: 6-8, 11, 16-17, 20-21, 53, 58, 83

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