Veterans at Risk: The Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite (1993)
Chapter: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADP
Adenine diphosphoribose
ANL
Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia
APA
Aerican Psychiatric Association
ATP
Adenosine triphosphate
BAL
British Anti-Lewisite, an antidote for Lewisite
CAG
Carcinogen Assessment Group of the Environmental Protection Agency
CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service
CBW
Chemical and biological warfare
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CMR
Committee on Medical Research
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ct
Concentration multiplied by time, used to determine cumulative exposure
CTGC
Committee on the Treatment of Gas Casualties
CWS
Chemical Warfare Service
DAV
Disabled American Veterans
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DoA
Department of the Army
DoD
Department of Defense
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FEV1
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FVC
Forced vital capacity
HCN
Hydrogen cyanide
HD
Distilled sulfur mustard; bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide
HN2
Mechlorethamine, a nitrogen mustard
HN3
Tris(ß-chloroethyl) methylamine, a nitrogen mustard
hprt
Gene locus coding for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase
HS
Sulfur mustard (British acronym for agent HD); bis(2- chloroethyl) sulfide
HT
Impure mixture of distilled sulfur mustard, stabilizer compound, and sulfur impurities
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICt50
Statistically estimated concentration over a period of time that would cause incapacitation to 50 percent of ex posed test subjects
IOM
Institute of Medicine
IP
Intraperitoneal
IV
Intravenous
LCt50
Statistically estimated concentration over a period of time that would be lethal to 50 percent of test subjects; median lethal count
LD50
Dose level that would be lethal to 50 percent of test subjects; median lethal dose
MEDLARS
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
MeSH
Medical Subject Headings
MSH
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
NAD
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NDRC
National Defense Research Committee
NLM
National Library of Medicine
NOEL
No observed effect level
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NTIS
National Technical Information Service
NTP
National Toxicology Program
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSRD
Office of Scientific Research and Development
PADPRP
Poly-(adenosine diphosphateribose) polymerase
PBB
Polybrominated biphenyl
PF
Protection factor
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder
RADS
Reactive airways disfunction syndrome
RASH
Rapid screening of hazard
RNA
Ribonucleic acid
SCE
Sister chromatid exchange
SIPRI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SM
Sulfur mustard
SMR
Standardized mortality ratio
TD50
Statistically estimated dose that would produce a toxic effect in 50 percent of test subjects; median toxic dose
TDI
Toluene diisocyanate
TMI
Three Mile Island
USUHS
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
UV
Ultraviolet light
UVB
Region in the ultraviolet spectrum
VA
Department of Veterans Affairs
WHO
World Health Organization
WWI
World War I
WWII
World War II
