Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Initial Findings and Recommendations for Immediate Action (1995)

Chapter: Acronyms

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Acronyms


ACGIH —

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

AChE —

anticholinesterases

AFRRI —

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

AR —

Army regulation

ARCOM —

Army Reserve Command


BaP —

benzo-a-pyrene

BIRLS —

Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem


CARC —

chemical agent resistant coating

CBW —

chemical and biological warfare

CCEP —

Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program

CDC —

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CFS —

chronic fatigue syndrome

CIA —

Central Intelligence Agency


DEET —

N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide

DNA —

deoxyribonucleic acid

DoD —

Department of Defense

DSB —

Defense Science Board

DSM-III —

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition

DU —

depleted uranium

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EPA —

Environmental Protection Agency


FDA —

Food and Drug Administration


GAO —

General Accounting Office

GIS —

Geographical Information System

GWS —

Gulf War syndrome


HHS —

Department of Health and Human Services

HIV —

human immunodeficiency virus


IND —

investigational new drug

IOM —

Institute of Medicine


MCS —

multiple chemical sensitivities

MFUA —

Medical Follow-up Agency

MRDA —

Military Recommended Dietary Allowances

MRE —

meal, ready-to-eat


NAS —

National Academy of Sciences

NASA —

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDI —

National Death Index

NIH —

National Institutes of Health

NOAA —

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC —

National Research Council


ODS —

Operation Desert Storm

ODS/S —

Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield


PAHs —

single and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PB —

pyridostigmine bromide

PG —

Persian Gulf

PGW —

Persian Gulf War

PL —

public law

PTSD —

post-traumatic stress disorder


RME —

reasonable maximum individual exposure


SCE —

sister chromatid exchange

SCUD —

Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile

SWA —

Southwest Asia

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TLV —

threshold limit value


USAEHA —

U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency

USAMRICD —

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

USAMRIID —

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases


VA —

Department of Veterans Affairs

VAMC —

VA Medical Center

VOC —

volatile organic chemical


WRAIR —

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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