| Acronym | Meaning |
| OVOC | Other Volatile Organic Compound |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
| USPHS | United States Public Health Service |
| CT | Disinfection Concentration Contact Time |
| CDRP | Carbon Dioxide Research Program (of US Department Of Energy) |
| LWC | Light-weight Coated (paper) |
| SSCP | Single-strand Conformation Polymorphism |
| RISA | RDNA Internal Spacer Analysis |
| EHLS | Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences |
| SRLS | Stimulated Raman Loss Spectroscopy |