ACGIH® |
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
AOEC |
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics |
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 |
COC |
Census Occupation Code |
COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CWP |
coal workers' pneumoconiosis |
CWXSP |
Coal Workers' X-ray 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 |
f/cc |
fibers per cubic centimeter |
FEV1 |
forced expiratory volume in one second |
GM |
geometric mean |
HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
ILO |
International Labour Office |
IMIS |
Integrated Management Information System |
LCL |
lower confidence limit |
MQC |
minimum quantifiable concentration |
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 |
NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
n.e.c. |
not elsewhere classified |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
NHDS |
National Hospital Discharge Survey |
NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
n.o.s. |
not otherwise specified |
OA |
occupational asthma |
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 |
PPD |
purified protein derivative |
REL |
NIOSH recommended exposure limit |
RADS |
reactive airways dysfunction syndrome |
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
SSA |
Social Security Administration |
SENSOR |
Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks |
SOP |
standard operating procedure |
SUDAAN® |
Survey Data Analysis (software) |
TLV® |
Threshold Limit Value |
TWA |
time-weighted average |
UCL |
upper confidence limit |
WOHL |
Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory |
WoRLD |
Work-Related Lung Disease |
WRA |
work-related asthma |
YPLL |
years of potential life lost |