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A

  • AAPCC [external link]
    American Association of Poison Control Centers
  • ABLES
    Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance
  • AFS [external link]
    Air Facility System
  • APRHB
    Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
  • ARC [external link]
    American Red Cross
  • ASTHO [external link]
    Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  • ATSDR
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • AWWA [external link]
    American Water Works Association

B

  • BEACH [external link]
    Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health
  • BR [external link]
    Bureau of Reclamation DOI
  • BRFSS
    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

C

  • CB [external link]
    Census Bureau
  • CCL [external link]
    contaminant candidate list
  • CCR [external link]
    consumer confidence reports
  • CDC
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CDI [PDF, 590 Kb]
    chronic disease indicator
  • CMS [external link]
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CSTE
    Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
  • CWA [external link]
    Clean Water Act

D

  • DASH
    Division of Adolescent and School Health
  • DOC [external link]
    Department of Commerce
  • DOD [external link]
    Department of Defense
  • DOE [external link]
    Department of Energy
  • DOI [external link]
    Department of Interior
  • DOT [external link]
    Department of Transportation

E

  • EEHS
    Emergency and Environmental Health Services
  • EHHE
    Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
  • EHLS
    Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences
  • EHSB
    Environmental Health Services Branch
  • EIA [external link]
    Energy Information Administration Agency
  • EPA [external link]
    Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPCRA [external link]
    Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
  • EPHTB
    Environmental Public Health Tracking Branch

F

  • FEMA [external link]
    Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FHA [external link]
    Federal Highway Administration
  • FQPA [external link]
    Food Quality Protection Act

H

  • HCFA [external link]
    Health Care Financing Administration (now renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
  • HMO [external link]
    health maintenance organization
  • HSB
    Health Studies Branch
  • HSEES
    Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance
  • HUD [external link]
    Housing and Urban Development

I

  • II
    injury indicator [external link] [PDF, 5 Kb]

L

  • LPPB
    Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch

M

  • MACDP
    Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program
  • MADDSP
    Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program
  • MCL [external link]
    maximum contaminant level
  • ME/C
    medical examiner or coroner

N

  • NAACCR [external link]
    North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
  • NAAQS [external link]
    National Ambient Air Quality Standards
  • NACCHO [external link]
    National Association of County and City Health Officials
  • NASQAN [external link]
    National Stream Quality Accounting Network
  • NAWQA [external link]
    National Water Quality Assessment Program
  • NBDPN [external link]
    National Birth Defects Prevention Network
  • NCBDDD
    National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disability
  • NCCDPHP
    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  • NCDC [external link]
    National Climatic Data Centers
  • NCEH
    National Center for Environmental Health
  • NCHS
    National Center for Health Statistics
  • NCID
    National Center for Infectious Diseases
  • NCIPC
    National Center for Injury Control and Prevention
  • NCOD [external link]
    National drinking water contaminant occurrence database
  • NEI [external link]
    National Emissions Inventory
  • NEISS [external link]
    National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
  • NHAMCS
    National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
  • NHANES
    National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  • NHDS
    National Hospital Discharge Survey
  • NHIS
    National Health Interview Survey
  • NIEHS [external link]
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • NIOSH
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • NLM [external link]
    National Library of Medicine
  • NMMAPS
    National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study
  • NOAA [external link]
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NPCR
    National Program of Cancer Registries
  • NPSP [external link]
    National Pesticide Synthesis Project
  • NPTS [external link]
    National Personal Transportation Survey/National Household Travel Survey
  • NRHEEC
    National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants
  • NSSL [external link]
    National Severe Storms Laboratory
  • NVSS
    National Vital Statistics System
  • NWIS [external link]
    National Water Inventory System
  • NWS [external link]
    National Weather Service

O

  • OAQPS [external link]
    Office of Air Quality and Performance Standards
  • OAR [external link]
    Office of Air and Radiation
  • OECD [external link]
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • OI [external link]
    occupational indicator
  • OPP [external link]
    Office of Pesticide Programs
  • ORIA [external link]
    Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
  • OSHA [external link]
    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

P

  • PDP [external link]
    Pesticide Data Program
  • PHF [external link]
    Public Health Foundation
  • PWSS [external link]
    Public Water Supply Supervision

S

  • SDWA [external link]
    Safe Drinking Water Act
  • SDWIS [external link]
    Safe Drinking Water Information System
  • SENSOR
    Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk
  • SHPPS
    School Health Policies and Programs Survey
  • STATE
    State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation

T

  • TESS [external link]
    Toxic Exposure Surveillance System
  • TOXICS [external link]
    Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
  • TRI [external link]
    Toxic Release Inventory

U

  • UATP [external link]
    Urban Air Toxics Program
  • UN [external link]
    United Nations
  • USDA [external link]
    United States Department of Agriculture
  • USGS [external link]
    United States Geological Survey
  • UV [external link]
    ultraviolet

W

  • WHO [external link]
    World Health Organization

Y

  • YRBSS
    Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

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