| Acronym | Meaning |
| PZT | Piezoelectric Transducer |
| NAS | Naval Air Station |
| ALI | Annual Limit On Intake |
| AEE | Adverse Environmental Effect |
| DOAS | Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| NIRS | National Inorganics And Radionuclides Survey |
| CS-AAS | Continuous Source Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| PDAP | Poly(diallyl Phthalate) |
| LAMMA | Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis |
| CGDN | Canadian Genetic Diseases Network |