CEDR Bibliographic Database

Ruttenber, J. A., Schonbeck, M., Brown, S., Wells, T., McClure, D., McCrea, J., Popken, D., Martyny, J. (Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health science Center, and Colorado Department of Publich Health and Environment)

Main Report Entry:

Report Title: Report of Epidemiologic Analyses Performed for Rocky Flats Production Workers Employed Between 1952-1989
Original version submitted to NIOSH
This document created by CEDR from document components obtained from CDPHE.
CEDR Archive copy: Report of Epidemiologic Analyses Performed for Rocky Flats Production Workers Employed Between 1952-1989

Report Abstract:

This study included Rocky Flats workers who died between 1952 and 1996, and had three main components:

Cohort Mortality Study: This component examined the causes of death among 16,303 Rocky Flats production workers employed for 6 months or more between 1952 and 1989.

Nested Lung Cancer Case Control Study: A case-control study was implemented to compare 180 workers who died and had been diagnosed with lung cancer with a control group of 720 workers who had not been diagnosed with lung cancer. The goal of this component was to determine whether subjects with lung cancer had higher internal lung doses than those who did not have lung cancer, and to determine whether smoking frequency or other variables could have affected this relationship.

Exposure Assessment: Plant records were used to estimate annual external penetrating radiation doses, cumulative internal exposure to plutonium, and estimates of annual exposures to asbestos, beryllium, and eight other toxic chemicals for workers in the cohort.

Additional Parts of this Document:

Report Title: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report
Report Date: March 3, 2003
A version of this report, created after a final report was received by NIOSH and communicated with site workers and management.
CEDR Archive copy: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report

Report Title: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report tables
CEDR Archive copy: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report tables

Report Title: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report figures
CEDR Archive copy: Rocky Flats Final NIOSH Report figures

Report Title: Rocky Flats Worker Study
Report Date: March 3, 2003

Report Title: Report Summary
CEDR Archive copy: Report Summary

Report Title: Press Release
CEDR Archive copy: Press Release

Relevant Data File Sets: rfcm03a1

Date Added: 05/24/2004