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Retrospective and prospective epidemiologic studies are being conducted as part of a national survey of plutonium workprs at.follr (le~artment of Energy faciliti~s (Los Alamr)s, NM: Rocky Flats, CO; Wound Laboratory, OH; and Savannah Riv~r, SC). A prelirrinary analysis of mcrtality was di:n~f or all~llli~e maIFS who have workw; at l.hc' ROCkY Flats Plant during th~period 1952 to 1979. The 452 observed depths were significantly fwer than tbc 1131exp~cted for all causes. The 107 draths cllie tc aii n~~ligrlantnroplasnls w~r~also si~nificantly m~lrs. Draths rrrnt.t('rt for benign and unsprcifird n[wplarms nlmlb~rcd iqht vrrslls an cxp~ct[l(! two, n significant olcvrltion. TbPsr tumors, r~pnrtc~l Iatpr. Sllt)(livi(iit)q thr (:rltlort on thr Ilasis of plutonium f'indinqs. llIr Ilrni(ln dfldItfl:,p('ril'i('ll n('r~pldc.ms, Il(w'('v(')", kJIIrYI not sir]nifir{lnl, lmyhiqh irlttl(') ltll(lli lllll-~'~l)[)!.('(1 (It.rlll).

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