| Acronym | Meaning |
| AECB | Acute Exacerbations Of Chronic Bronchitis |
| EDGAR | Emissions Database For Global Atm. Research |
| ILDA | Intensified Linear Diode Array |
| BMRC | British Medical Research Council |
| MC-DWBA | Multichannel Distorted Wave Born Approxn. |
| MEPED | Medium Energy Proton & Electron Detector |
| LAS | Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants) |
| MSC | Multiplicative Scatter Correction |
| NSE | Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| MTCT | Mother-to-child Transmission |