XI. Abbreviations
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| AAEM |
American Academy of Environmental
Medicine |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| ANS |
autonomic
nervous system |
| AOEC |
Association of Occupational and
Environmental Clinics |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, DHHS |
| BEAM |
brain electrical activity mapping |
| BRFS |
California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
DHHS |
| CDHS |
California Department of Health Services |
| CFS |
chronic fatigue syndrome |
| CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act |
| CNS |
central nervous system |
| CS |
chemically sensitive |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| DVAMC |
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
| ECU |
environmental control unit |
| EEG |
electroencephalography/electroencephalogram |
| EI |
environmentally triggered illness |
| EMG |
electromyography/electromyogram |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IEIs |
idiopathic environmental intolerances |
| IPCS |
International Program on Chemical Safety |
| MCS |
multiple chemical sensitivity |
| MCHS |
multiple chemical hypersensitivity syndrome |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NCEH |
CDC's National Center for Environmental Health |
| NHEERL |
EPA's National Health and Environmental
Effects Research Laboratory |
| NIEHS |
NIH's National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences |
| NIH |
National Institutes
of Health |
| NIOSH |
CDC's National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| PET |
positron emission tomography |
| PNS |
peripheral nervous system |
| SBS |
sick building syndrome |
| SPECT |
single photon emission computed tomography |
| TDS |
time dependent sensitization |
| TILT |
toxicant induced loss of tolerance |
| UCSF |
University of California at San Francisco |
| WHO |
World Health Organization
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