| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOHS | National Occupational Hazard Survey |
| CMSSM | Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model |
| BAT | Biol. Tolerance Value (German Std.) |
| FHMO | Fenske-Hall MO |
| WVTR | Water Vapor Transmission Rate |
| GSI | Gesellschaft Fuer Schwerionenforschung |
| PLFA | Phospholipid Fatty Acid |
| CPE | Chlorinated Polyethylene |
| LSRA | Least-squares Regression Analysis |
| GASH | Guanidine Aluminum Sulfate Hexahydrate |