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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11809.
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Appendix B
Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABLES Adult Blood-Level Epidemiology and Surveillance program

AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia

BTEX benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xzylene

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEC cation-exchange capacity

CHONSP carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorous

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane

DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon

DoD Department of Defense

EDCs endocrine disrupting compounds

EID Ecology of Infectious Diseases

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FIC Fogarty International Center

GIS Geographic Information System

GIScience Geographic Information Science

GUI Graphical user interface

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11809.
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HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

IGERT Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

IRB Institutional Review Board

LOAEC Lowest Observable Adverse Effect Concentration

LOAEL Lowest Observable Adverse Effect Level

LPS lipopolysaccharide

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCEH National Center for Environmental Health

NCHS National Center for Health Statistics

NCI National Cancer Institute

NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

NHIS National Health Interview Survey

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH National Institutes of Health

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAEC No Observable Adverse Effect Concentration

NOAEL No Observable Adverse Effect Level

NRC National Research Council

NSF National Science Foundation

PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls

PM particulate matter

PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder

RFP Request for Proposal

SBRP Superfund Basic Research Program

SCAMP Surface Chemistry Assemblage Model for Particles

SWAMP Sediment Water Algorithm for Metal Partitioning

TCE Trichloroethylene

TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TRI Toxics Release Inventory

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

USGS United States Geological Survey

UV ultraviolet light

VOCs volatile organic compounds

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11809.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2007. Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11809.
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A range of natural earth materials, like arsenic or fluoride, have long been linked to significant human health effects. Improved understanding of the pervasive and complex interactions between earth materials and human health will require creative collaborations between earth scientists and public health professionals. At the request of the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this National Research Council book assesses the current state of knowledge at the interface between the earth sciences and public health disciplines. The book identifies high-priority areas for collaborative research, including understanding the transport and bioavailability of potentially hazardous earth materials, using risk-based scenarios to mitigate the public health effects of natural hazards under current and future climate regimes, and understanding the health risks that result from disturbance of earth systems. Geospatial information - geological maps for earth scientists and epidemiological data for public health professionals - is identified as one of the essential integrative tools that is fundamental to the activities of both communities. The book also calls for increased data sharing between agencies to promote interdisciplinary research without compromising privacy.

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