| Acronym | Meaning |
| URG | Umweltrahmengesetz (German Environmental Protection Framework Law) |
| AQG | Air Quality Guideline |
| CAA | Clean Air Act Of 1970 |
| GDOES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| ISAAC | International Study Of Asthma And Allergies In Childhood |
| CMV | Cucumber Mosaic Virus |
| MILC | Metal Induced Lateral Crystallization |
| BHMT | Betaine-homocysteine Methyltransferase |
| FMO3 | Flavin-containing Monooxygenase-3 |
| RNAA | Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis |