ABBREVIATIONS
ACS American Cancer Society
ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia
BEIR Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Bq/m3 Becquerels per cubic meter
BMJ British Medical Journal
CHD coronary heart disease
CI confidence interval
CIAR Center for Indoor Air Research
CPS I Cancer Prevention Study I
CPS II Cancer Prevention Study II
DDE dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene
DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
ELF-EMF extremely low frequency-electromagnetic fields
EMF electromagnetic fields
EMFRAPID Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERT estrogen replacement therapy
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ETS environmental tobacco smoke
GIS Geographic Information System
HBV hepatitis B virus
HPV human papillomavirus
HRT hormone replacement therapy
Hz Hertz
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IOM Institute of Medicine
LIBCSP Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project
mG milligauss
µT microtesla
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NCI National Cancer Institute
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
NRC National Research Council
OR odds ratio
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAH polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
pCi/L picocuries per liter of air
PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls
Rn radon
RR relative risk
SEER Statistics Epidemiology and End Results program
SERMs selective estrogen receptor modulators
WHI Women’s Health Initiative
WHO World Health Organization
WL working level
WLM working level month