Historical perspective on the department of energy mortality studies: focus on the collection and storage of individual worker data.

Purpose: To present how the Department of Energy's (DOE) Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) is integrated into the Million Person Study of Low Dose Health Effects (MPS). The history of DOE's worker health surveillance and its epidemiology program are described.

Methods And Materials: A standard protocol is used to extract data from CEDR for use in the MPS.