Life Span Study of Hiroshima and Nagasak

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Contrary to the impression from several sources, the RERF data does NOT seem 
to be available on CEDR. CEDR does have study reports in a form organized to 
support BEIR V, based on the data in, I believe, RERF-TR-5-88.  Unlike other 
data sets that provide access to actual data, it seems the RERF data
continues to be unavailable. Questions on the influence of the binning and
whether it has an effect on the extreme anomolous "sawtooth" results
reported in some dose-response data in the low dose range seem not to be
subject to inquiry. 

It is also seems untoward that the more recent data, reported in the Rad
Research Supplement last year (don't have in front of me), are not indicated 
to be included (though they substantially suppress the details of the dose
ranges below 40 rad). 

If anyone has any more info on, or access to, the RERF data, or can provide
answers or insight to the above question, I would be very interested (as
would Dr. Cameron, since I believe this issue is at the center of his
initial inquiry). 

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com
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> Dear Radiobiology list members:
> 
> With regard to Dr. John Cameron's request for atomic bomb survivor data,
> the data used for Report 11 and BEIR-V have been available through GOPHER
> from the Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (DoE at LBL) for a year
> or more.  I just received in the mail the new CEDR Handbook "Electronic
> Access Guide, Version 1.0 to the CEDR Information System" which shows how
> to access the data.  
> 
> Another document I received was entitled "Comprehensive Epidemiologic 
> Data Resource," May 1995.  It contains the following:
> 
> Chapter 1
> 
>     Purpose of this catalog
>     References for Obtaining Additional Information
> 
> Chapter 2 - Overview of CEDR Data
> 
>     Data from DOE Worker Health and Mortality Studies
>       Working Data File Sets
>       Analytic Data File Sets
>     Classic Radiation-Effects Studies
>       Radium Dial-Painter Data
>       Radiation Effects Research Foundation
>       U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries Data
>     Nevada Test Site Dose Reconstruction Data
>     Other CEDR Data
>       Complex Chemical Feasibility Study
>       Salmon Site Descriptive Study
>     Epidemiologic Surveillance and Records Inventory Reports
> 
> Chapter 3 - Documentation of CEDR Data
> 
>     Data Definitions and Relationships
>       Worker Health and Mortality Studies
>       Other Types of CEDR Holdings
>       Structured Documentation
>     How CEDR Data Are Collected
>     Considerations in Use of CEDR Data
>       Data Format
>       Confidentiality Protection
>       Cause-of-Death Data
> 
> Chapter 4 - Access to CEDR Data
>     Becoming a CEDR User
>     Methods of Accessing CEDR Data
>       Traditional Methods (Phone or Mail)
>       Electronic Methods
>       Electronic Access Guide
>       Internet Access (WWW and Gopher)
>       Telecommunications Access
>       CEDR Online BBS
>       CEDRText Data and Documentation Viewer
>       Data Exploration and Downloading
> 
> Chapter 5 - Site Descriptions and Cross-References
> 
>     Fernald Facility
>     Hanford Site
>     Linde Plant
>     Los Alamos National Laboratory
>     Mallinkrodt Facility
>     Mound Plant
>     Nevada Test Site
>     Oak Ridge Site
>     Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
>     Rocky Flats Plant
>     Salmon Site (previously Tatum Dome Test Site)
>     Sandia National Laboratories
>     Savannah River Site
>     Studies Involving Multiple Sites
> 
> APPENDIX A - Working Data File Sets
> APPENDIX B - Analytic Data File Sets
> APPENDIX C - Other Holdings
> APPENDIX D - User Authorization Forms
> APPENDIX E - Other Related Data Sources
> APPENDIX F - Glossary
> 
> I think that CEDR and DoE have done a remarkable job in bringing forth
> these data to the scientific community.  I think it is fair to say that
> the data availability has largely culiminated from work of the late 
> Dick Remington (and colleagues), who was Chair of the DoE Radiation
> Epidemiological Research Programs.  I view these data as a "Crown Jewel"
> of the U.S. and DoE when it comes to radioepidemiologic information.
> 
> For more information, contact:
> 
> Barbara G. Brooks
> CEDR Program Manager
> Office of Epidemiologic Studies, EH-62
> U.S. Dept. of Energy
> 11901 Germantown Road
> Germantown, MD  20874
> Phone: (301) 903-4674
> Fax: (301) 903-4677
> E-mail: barbara.brooks@hq.doe.gov
> 
> CEDR Project
> Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
> One Cyclotron Road, MS 50B-3238
> Berkeley, CA  94720
> Fax: (510) 486-6363 or (510) 486-4004
> E-mail: cedr@lbl.gov
> 
> CEDR Personnel:
> Mark Durst, (510) 486-4136
> Harvard Holmes, (510) 486-5742
> 
> 
> -L.P.
> 
> 
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