ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

AED

Aerodynamic Equivalent Diameter

AEPI

U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute

AFRRI

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

ALARA

As low as reasonably achievable

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

BEIR

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CHPPM

Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (formerly Army Environmental Hygiene Agency)

CNS

Central nervous system

DoD

Department of Defense

EDTA

Edetic acid

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERAMS

Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring Program

FR

Federal Register

GAO

General Accounting Office

GI

Gastrointestinal

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

MPC

Maximum permissible concentration

NCRP

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NTIS

National Technical Information Service

NTP

National Toxicology Program

OSAGWI

Office of the Special Assistant (to the Secretary of Defense) for Gulf War Illnesses

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PHS

Public Health Service

TLV^®

Threshold Limit Value

UNSCEAR

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

VA

Department of Veterans Affairs

WHO

World Health Organization