Computer Assisted Telephone Interview in Support of EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction

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• Personal Author:
  Griffin JP ; McFee MC ; Weaver RP
• Description:
  The process of estimating occupational radiation exposure has many facets. Certain workers with cancer who supported the development of atomic weapons in the United States, or their survivors in cases where workers are deceased, are known as claimants under the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICP A). An important aspect of reconstructing a worker's dose is a one on one interview with the claimant. In addition to records maintained by the Department of Energy and its predecessor organizations, personal contact with the claimant can uncover information that might not have been recorded elsewhere. An Office of Management and Budget approved interview script is used to ensure consistency of information gathered, but the claimant is also allowed to comment on his/her recollection of their radiation exposure environment. A report of the interview is forwarded to the claimant for review or comments. This report is then combined with established records of occupational exposure, reviewed, and assigned to a health physicist for dose reconstruction. In addition to augmenting the records from the DOE or its contractors, which in the early days of the atomic weapons programs might have been sparse, this process allows the claimant to participate in the process of dose reconstruction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Decision Making Environmental Monitoring Neoplasms Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Quality Control Radiation Radiation Injuries Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Cancer Data-processing Decision-making Dose-response Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Health-physicists Health-surveys Information-processing Nuclear-energy Nuclear-radiation Occupational-exposure Quality-standards Radiation-exposure Radiation-injury

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• ISSN:
  0017-9078
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  84
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032213
• Citation:
  Health Phys 2003 Jun; 84(Suppl):S211
• Contact Point Address:
  MJW Corporation Inc., 338 Harris Hill Road, Williamsville, NY 14221
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  MJW Corporation Inc., Williamsville, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Health Physics
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73dd023893a9f9d98f0b9e752b6d9d56a4e5e279a4ae5f0e2a526ed25b09fc124cef0b32952a07932694cc830d84ba85569e503312e9a11b5ee7b6b6b8719411
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186251/cdc_186251_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 161.82 KB ]