| Acronym | Meaning |
| CISP | Canadian Indoor Source Profile |
| NIRS | National Inorganics And Radionuclides Survey |
| VDI | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German Engineers Society) |
| MIDAS | Metal Ion-dependent Adhesion Site |
| AIHA | Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
| RAPRA | Rubber And Plastics Research Association |
| BAGI | Backscatter Absorption Gas Imaging |
| TRIR | Time-resolved IR |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance |
| BS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |