Abbreviation | Abbreviation Meaning |
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ACGIH® | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
AOEC | Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics |
BEI | Biological Exposure Index |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BoC | Bureau of the Census |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CI | Confidence interval |
CIC | Census Industry Code |
cm | centimeter |
COC | Census Occupation Code |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CWP | Coal workers' pneumoconiosis |
CWXSP | Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program |
CWHSP | Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program |
CXR | Chest x-ray |
DFR | Doctor's First Report |
DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
DOL | Department of Labor |
DRDS | Division of Respiratory Disease Studies |
ECWHSP | Enhanced Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program |
f/cc | fibers per cubic centimeter |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards |
FEV1 | Forced expiratory volume in one second |
GM | Geometric mean |
HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
ID | Identification number |
ILO | International Labor Office |
IMIS | Integrated Management Information System |
LCL | Lower confidence limit |
LIMS | Laboratory Information Management System |
MQC | Minimum quantifiable concentration |
µm | micrometer |
µg/m3 | micrograms per cubic meter |
mg/m3 | milligrams per cubic meter |
MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
MNMD | Metal/nonmetal mine data |
mppcf | millions of particles per cubic foot |
MRE | Mining Research Establishment |
MSHA | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
NAICS | North American Industry Classification |
NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
NHDS | National Hospital Discharge Survey |
NHIS | National Health Interview Survey |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NORA | National Occupational Research Agenda |
NORMS | National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System |
n.o.s. | not otherwise specified |
OA | Occupational asthma |
OIS | OSHA Information System |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PEFR | Peak expiratory flow rate |
PEL | Permissible exposure limit |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PMF | Progressive massive fibrosis |
PMR | Proportionate mortality ratio |
PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |
REL | Recommended exposure limit (NIOSH) |
RADS | Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome |
RHD | Respiratory Health Division |
SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
SSA | Social Security Administration |
SENSOR | Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks |
SLCTC | Salt Lake City Technical Center |
SOP | Standard operating procedure |
TLV® | Threshold Limit Value |
TWA | Time-weighted average |
UCL | Upper confidence limit |
WOHL | Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory |
eWoRLD | Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System |
WoRLD | Work-Related Lung Disease |
WRA | Work-related asthma |
YPLL | Years of potential life lost |
Content source:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)