| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIGLU | Formiminoglutamic Acid |
| COMPAS | Coating By Multiple Polyelectrolyte Adsorption Surface Activation |
| LAS | Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| NSRDS | National Standard Reference Data System |
| PRS | Perturbed Rotational State (method For Ion-mol. Collisions) |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| SES | Surface Electronic State |
| CBM | Carbon Bond Mechanism (air Pollution Modeling) |
| ACOIN | Australian Core Inventory |
| BPC | Blood Platelet Count |