Acronyms
ACGIH —
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AChE —
anticholinesterases
AFRRI —
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AR —
Army regulation
ARCOM —
Army Reserve Command
BaP —
benzo-a-pyrene
BIRLS —
Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem
CARC —
chemical agent resistant coating
CBW —
chemical and biological warfare
CCEP —
Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program
CDC —
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CFS —
chronic fatigue syndrome
CIA —
Central Intelligence Agency
DEET —
N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide
DNA —
deoxyribonucleic acid
DoD —
Department of Defense
DSB —
Defense Science Board
DSM-III —
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition
DU —
depleted uranium
EPA —
Environmental Protection Agency
FDA —
Food and Drug Administration
GAO —
General Accounting Office
GIS —
Geographical Information System
GWS —
Gulf War syndrome
HHS —
Department of Health and Human Services
HIV —
human immunodeficiency virus
IND —
investigational new drug
IOM —
Institute of Medicine
MCS —
multiple chemical sensitivities
MFUA —
Medical Follow-up Agency
MRDA —
Military Recommended Dietary Allowances
MRE —
meal, ready-to-eat
NAS —
National Academy of Sciences
NASA —
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NDI —
National Death Index
NIH —
National Institutes of Health
NOAA —
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC —
National Research Council
ODS —
Operation Desert Storm
ODS/S —
Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield
PAHs —
single and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PB —
pyridostigmine bromide
PG —
Persian Gulf
PGW —
Persian Gulf War
PL —
public law
PTSD —
post-traumatic stress disorder
RME —
reasonable maximum individual exposure
SCE —
sister chromatid exchange
SCUD —
Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile
SWA —
Southwest Asia
TLV —
threshold limit value
USAEHA —
U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency
USAMRICD —
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
USAMRIID —
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
VA —
Department of Veterans Affairs
VAMC —
VA Medical Center
VOC —
volatile organic chemical
WRAIR —
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research