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Data Sources for the Crossroads Study
Pages 24-26

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... , including the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines, and the Defense Nuclear Agency's Nuclear Test Personnel Review; the Department of Veterans Affairs, including its benefit and health organizations; the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Health Care Financing Administration and the National Center for Health Statistics, which maintains the National Death Index; and the National Archives and Records Administration's National Personnel Records Center, Federal Archives Records Centers, and Office of the National Archives. Central office and regionally maintained records were reviewed by study staff, agency staff, and contractors.
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... . Among those sources viewed were handwritten paper logs, microfilm/fiche, computer files, medical records work orders, transport orders, memoirs, ~°For sending us death certificate information, we thank government personnel in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma' Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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... And, when independent sources co~obor~e specific Acts confidence in Me accuracy of the inaction increases.
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