| Acronym | Meaning |
| FPPA | Federal Plant Pest Act |
| RIR | Relative Inhalation Risk |
| VSM | Vascular Smooth Muscle |
| CMNOS | Complementary Metal Nitride/Oxide Semiconductor |
| SPA | Scintillation-proximity Assay |
| MSA | Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| CCRMP | Canadian Certified Ref. Materials Project |
| LERS | Low-energy Recoil Scattering |
| APAES | Appearance Potential Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| LSNMS | Laser Secondary Neutral Mass Spectroscopy |