| Acronym | Meaning |
| POH | Purgeable Organic Halogen(s) |
| SCEM | Semiclassical Self-consistent Eikonal Method |
| USCAR | United States Council For Automotive Research |
| LMT | Liquid Membrane Transport |
| HSDB | Hazardous Substances Data Bank (NLM) |
| MLD | Median Lethal Dose |
| IASC | International Arctic Science Committee |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
| RISA | Radioimmunosorbent Assay |
| PRTR | Pollutant Release And Transfer Register |