Datasets from studies by the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch are available for use and include:
| Cohort Mortality Study of Civilian Workers Employed at Hill Air Force Base |
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| Study Design: | Cohort mortality study |
| No. of Subjects: | 14,457 (10,928 white men, 3,138 white women, 269 nonwhite men, 122 nonwhite women) |
| Time Period: | 1952 to 1990 |
| Exposure Information: | - Assessed exposure to some 50 different chemicals.
- Industrial hygienists use work histories, monitoring conducted at the base, interviews with workers and other information to make assignments.
- Trichloroethylene, the major solvent used, was evaluated for level and probability of exposure by job
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| Publications: | Spirtas (1991), Stewart (1991), Blair (1998) |
| Acrylonitrile Workers Study |
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| Study Design: | Cohort mortality with case cohort study of lung cancer |
| No. of Subjects: | 25,460 |
| Time Period: | 1950-1990 |
| Exposure Information: | Quantitative estimates, job titles, exposure to acrylonitrile and many other chemicals, tobacco use on a case-cohort group |
| Publications: | Blair (1998), Stewart (1992, 1995, 1996, 1998) |
| U.S. Veterans Mortality Study |
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| Study Design: | Cohort mortality |
| No. of Subjects: | 300,000 veterans of WWI and WWII; 200,000 deaths |
| Time Period: | 1952 to 1980 |
| Exposure Information: | Usual occupation and industry, tobacco use |
| Publications: | Walrath (1985), Blair (1985), Hrubec (1992), Heineman (1994) |
| Kansas Study of Lymphoma and Soft-tissue Sarcoma |
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| Study Design: | Population-based case-control with a telephone interview |
| No. of Subjects: | - 200 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
- 170 Hodgkin's disease
- 150 soft-tissue sarcomas
- 950 controls
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| Time Period: | 1982 to 1984 |
| Exposure Information: | Work histories, agricultural products, pesticides used, medical history, tobacco and alcohol use, residential history, corroborative survey of pesticide use |
| Publications: | Hoar (1985, 1986), Zahm (1988, 1989) |
| Dry Cleaners Study |
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| Study Design: | Cohort mortality study based on records of a dry cleaners union in St. Louis |
| No. of Subjects: | 5,000 (400 white men, 900 black men, 2,565 white women, and 1,481 black women); 1,222 deaths |
| Time Period: | 1940 to 1978 |
| Exposure Information: | Job title, years of union membership |
| Publications: | Blair (1989) |
| Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study in Iowa and Minnesota |
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| Study Design: | Population-based case-control study with an in-person interview, white men over the age of thirty |
| No. of Subjects: | 578 leukemias; 590 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas; 1245 population-based controls |
| Time Period: | 1981 to 1984 |
| Exposure Information: | Complete work histories, detailed information on pesticide use, medical history, alcohol and tobacco use, family history of cancer, industrial hygiene assessments of 25 chemicals |
| Publications: | Cantor (1988), Brown (1990, 1992), Linos (1990), Pottern (1991), Cantor (1992), Blair (1993), and others |
| Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Multiple Myeloma, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Among Men and Women in Nebraska |
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| Study Design: | Population-based case-control study in 66 counties of eastern Nebraska |
| No. of Subjects: | Cases (426 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, 73 Hodgkin's disease, 82 multiple myeloma, 69 chronic lymphocytic leukemia); Controls (472 by random-digit dialing, 603 from Health Care Financing Administration files, 580 from death certificates) |
| Time Period: | 1983 to 1986 |
| Exposure Information: | Obtained by interview including occupational history, diet, smoking and alcohol use, agricultural pesticide use, hair dyes, water consumption and source, medical history, family history of cancer, medications |
| Publications: | Zahm (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994), Ward (1994), Blair (1993) |
Combined NHL Study
This is a combination of the following datasets:
- Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Multiple Myeloma, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Among Men and Women in Nebraska
- Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study in Iowa and Minnesota
- Kansas Study of Lymphoma and Soft-tissue Sarcoma
Datasets can also be requested from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). To request this data from NARA, send a request to:
Reference Services
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Email: cer@nara.gov
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