| Acronym | Meaning |
| UFP | Ultrafine Particles |
| ESP | Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (soils) |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |
| LCL | Lymphoblastoid Cell Line |
| HMM | Hidden Markov Model |
| HPDM | Hybrid Plume Dispersion Model (air Quality) |
| POEMS | Plasma Optical Emission Mass Spectrometer |
| BGA | Bundesgesundheitamt (German Health Ministry) |
| LAMOFS-ETE | Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation |
| ASAE | Alkali-sulfite-anthraquinone-ethanol (pulping Process) |