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Acronyms
ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AChE: acetylcholinesterase
ACTUR: automated central tumor registry
AF: Air Force
AFB: Air Force base
AFIP: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
AFRRI: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AIBS: American Institute of Biological Sciences
AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AMSA: Army medical surveillance activity
ANSR: Army/Navy serum repository
APA: American Psychiatric Association
ARCOM: Army reserve command
ASIMS: Aeromedical Services Information Management System
ATP: adenosine triphosphate
BAA: Broad Area Announcement
BIRLS: Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem
BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory
BW: biological warfare
CARC: chemical-agent-resistant coating
CBW: chemical and biological warfare
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HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
CCEP: Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFS: chronic fatigue syndrome
CHAMPS: Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System
CHAMPUS: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CI: confidence interval
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
CNS: central nervous system
CW: chemical warfare
DDVP: dichlorvos
DEET: N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide
DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services
DISN: Defense Information System Network
DMDC: Defense Manpower Data Center
DMED: Defense Medical Epidemiological Database
DMIS: Defense Medical Information System
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
DoD: Department of Defense
DoE: Department of Energy
DSB: Defense Science Board
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
DU: depleted uranium
DVA: Department of Veterans Affairs
EHRC: environmental hazards research center
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
FEV1/FVC: ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital
capacity
GAO: General Accounting Office
GIS: geographical information system
GSI: General Severity Index
GWS: Gulf War Syndrome
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
HRA: Health Risk Appraisal
ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, version 9
IES: Impact of Event Scale
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ACRONYMS
IOM: Institute of Medicine
IPDS: Individual Patient Data System
IRR: Individual Ready Reserve
ITRI: Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute
MCS: multiple chemical sensitivity
MEPRS: Military Entrance Processing Reporting System
MFUA. Medical Follow-up Agency
MHSS: Military Health Surveillance System
MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MOPP: mission objective protective posture
MRE: meal, ready-to-eat
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
MTF: medical treatment facility
MOOD: military working dog
NAS: NationalAcademyof Sciences
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCI: National Cancer Institute
AUDI: National Death Index
NEPEC: Northeast Program Evaluation Center
NEPMU: Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit
NHRC: Naval Health Research Center
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NOAA: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NPCD: National Patient Care Database
NRC: National Research Council
ODS: Operation Desert Storm
ODS/S: Operation Desert Shield/Storm
OMB: Office of Management and Budget
OPD: oxidative phosphorylation disorder
OPIDN: organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy
OTA: Office of Technology Assessment
PAC: President's Advisory Committee
PAHs: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PARRTS: Patient Accounting and Reporting Real-Time Tracking System
PB: pyridostigmine bromide
PEL: permissible exposure level
PG: Persian Gulf
PGHR: Persian Gulf Health Registry
PGVCB: Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board
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PGVIIT: Persian Gulf Veterans Illnesses Investigation Team
POW: Persian Gulf War
PL: public law
PMT: Program Management Team
PTF: Patient Treatment File
PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder
RME: reasonable maximum individual exposure
RR: relative risk
RUL: Registry of Unit Locations
RWG: Research Working Group
SCC: Specialized Care Center
SCL-R-90: Symptom Check List-Revised-90
SCUD: Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile
SWA: Southwest Asia
TAML: theater area medical laboratory
TDY: temporary duty
TEAM: Troop Exposure Assessment Model
TLV: threshold limit value
TRICARE: Regionalized tri-service health care system
TRI-SERVICE: Army, Navy, Air Force
UCAP: uniform case assessment protocol
UI: unexplained illnesses
UMR: uniform medical record
UN: United Nations
USACHPPM: U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine
USAEHA: U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency
USAHDS: U.S. Army HIV Data System
USAMMDA: U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
USAMRICD: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
USAMRIID: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
USAMRMC: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
USAPDA: U.S. Army Disability Database
USMEPCOM: U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command
USPHS: U.S. Public Health Service
USUHS: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
VA: Veterans Administration
VACO: VA Central Office
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VA~C: VA Medical Center
WCRS: Wod~ide Casuals Reposing System
TO: World Meteorological Org~iz~ion
FIR: Wailer Reed Army Inshore of Rese~cb
~C: Waker Reed Army Medical Center
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