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Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services (2006) / Chapter Skim
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B SPEERA Executive Summary
Pages 263-265

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... Epidemiology provides a scientific evaluation of the health effects of worker and public exposures to potentially harmful materials. It uses health records, exposure records, environmental monitoring records, and personnel records to analyze health effects and to evaluate methods of protection and prevention.
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... Therefore, the Panel recommends that the Department take specific steps toward opening its epidemiologic data to scientific investigators; for example, requiring documentation about data preparation and assumptions; removing personal identifiers from data sets; and establishing new procedures for the timely release of data.
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... Beryllium disease is an occupational health risk and should be addressed by the Department's occupational health program and by the analytic epidemiologic research program managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Panel recommends that the Department use a liberal definition of exposure to identify workers throughout its complex who have been exposed to beryllium and who ought to be included in research studies.
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