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The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a category of employees established by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA). A group of employees may be added to the cohort because HHS could not do dose reconstructions with sufficient accuracy and the exposure could have harmed the class. This fact sheet address six common questions concerning the SEC
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Language: English (US)
Developed by: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health