| Acronym | Meaning |
| FILTER | Filtration And Irrigated Cropping For Land Treatment And Effluent Reuse |
| CISP | Canadian Indoor Source Profile |
| LRAT | Lecithin-retinol Acyltransferase |
| LDTOF | Laser-Desorption Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| HDTBPB | Hexadecyltributylphosphonium Bromide |
| NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| MAAC | Maximum Ambient Air Concentration |
| BET | Bond Equilibrium Theory |
| HILDA | High-Latitude Exchange/Interior Diffusion-Advection Model |
| CSE | Cigarette Smoke Extract |