ABCC | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission | |
ACS | American Community Survey | |
ADAMS | Agencywide Documents Access and Management System | |
AHS | Adult Health Study | |
ALARA | As Low As (is) Reasonably Achievable | |
ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
AML | Acute Myeloid Leukemia | |
AREER | Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Reports | |
BEIR | Biologic Effects of Ionizing Radiation | |
BRFSS | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | |
BWR | Boiling-Water Reactor | |
CANUPIS | Childhood Cancer and Nuclear Power Plants in Switzerland | |
CCRN | Childhood Cancer Research Network | |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | |
CEDE | Committed Effective Dose Equivalent | |
CI | Confidence Interval | |
CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
CML | Chronic Myeloid Leukemia | |
CNS | Central Nervous System | |
COG | Children’s Oncology Group | |
COMARE | Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment |
CRDA | Cancer Registry Data Access | |
CT | Computed Tomography | |
DEP | Department of Environmental Protection | |
DDREF | Dose and Dose Rate Effectiveness Factor | |
DMV | Department of Motor Vehicles | |
ECLIS | European Childhood Leukemia-Lymphoma Incidence Study | |
ERR | Excess Relative Risk | |
GCCR | German Childhood Cancer Registry | |
GIS | Geographic Information System | |
GPI | Groundwater Protection Initiative | |
GU | Geographic Unit | |
HATM | Human Alimentary Tract Model | |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |
HPIC | High-Pressure Ionization Chambers | |
HRTM | Human Respiratory Tract Model | |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer | |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases | |
ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection | |
ICRU | International Commission on Radiation Unites | |
IRB | Institutional Research Board | |
KiKK | Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken | |
LET | Linear Energy Transfer | |
LNT | Linear No-Threshold | |
LSS | Life Span Study | |
MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level | |
MDL | Minimum Detection Limit | |
MEI | Maximally Exposed Individual | |
MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentration | |
NAACCR | North American Association of Central Cancer Registries | |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences | |
NCCDPHP | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | |
NCI | National Cancer Institute |
NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics | |
NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements | |
NDI | National Death Index | |
NEI | Nuclear Energy Institute | |
NFS | Nuclear Fuel Services | |
NHAMCS | National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey | |
NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | |
NHCS | National Hospital Care Survey | |
NHDS | National Hospital Discharge Survey | |
NHIS | National Health Interview Survey | |
NIH | National Institutes of Health | |
NPCR | National Program of Cancer Registries | |
NPP | Nuclear Power Plant | |
ODCM | Offsite Dose Calculational Manual | |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget | |
OR | Odds Ratio | |
ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities | |
PNL | Pacific Northwest Laboratory | |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | |
PRA | Paperwork Reduction Act | |
PWR | Pressurized-Water Reactor | |
QA | Quality Assurance | |
QF | Quality Factor | |
RDD | Random-Digit Dialing | |
REMP | Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program | |
REF | Radiation Effectiveness Factors | |
RERF | Radiation Effects Research Foundation | |
RETS | Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications | |
RR | Relative Risk | |
SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results | |
SIR | Standardized Incidence Rate | |
SMR | Standardized Mortality Rate | |
SSN | Social Security Number | |
TEDE | Total Effective Dose Equivalent | |
TLD | Thermoluminescent Dosimeter | |
TRI | Toxics Release Inventory |
UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation | |
USCS | United States Cancer Statistics | |
USDOE | U.S. Department of Energy | |
USEPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |
USNRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
USPS | U.S. Postal Service | |
WECARE | Women’s Environment, Cancer, and Radiation Epidemiology | |
WHO | World Health Organization | |
ZCTA | ZIP Code Tabulation Area |