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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AAO
Albuquerque Area Office
ACSB
Amarillo, Clarksville, San Antonio, Burlington
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AL, ALO, ALOO
Albuquerque Operations Office
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BAO
Buffalo Area Office
BP
blood pressure
ca.
circa
CAL
Los Angeles Area Office and San Francisco Operations Office
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEDR
Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
CER
Center for Epidemiologic Research
cu. ft.
cubic feet or foot
CVS
current vital status
CWP
Corporate Wellness Program
DAO
Dayton Area Office
DEAL
Department of Energy Albuquerque
DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation
DMV
various state motor vehicle departments
DNR
did not return
DOE
Department of Energy
DOEHQ
DOE Headquarters
EH-42
Office of Epidemiology and Health Surveillance
EIS
Employee Information System
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
ESH-2
Epidemiology Section of the Occupational Medicine Group
FICA
Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FRC
Federal Records Center
HAI
History Associates Incorporated
HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
HP
health physics
HSW
Health Study of Workers
ICD
nternational Classification of Diseases
ICDO
International Classification of Diseases, Oncology
IMC
Individual Master Card
INS
insensitive film
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
KCAO
Kansas City Area Office
LAAO
Los Alamos Area Office
LACI
Los Alamos Constructors, Inc.
LAHPPU
Los Alamos Health Physics Plutonium
LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LASL
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
LBL
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
LCI
lower confidence interval
lin. in or ft.
linear inches, feet, or foot
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LRL
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
LtF
loss to follow-up
M&H
Mason & Hanger
medina
medical inactive
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPBB
maximum permissible body burden
MPLB
maximum permissible lung burden
mrem
millirem
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
nCi
nanocurie
NDI
National Death Index
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMTR
New Mexico Tumor Registry
ORAU
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OS
off-scale
OW
open window
PAO
Pinellas Area Office
PBI
Pensions and Benefits Incorporated
PERS
Public Employees Retirement System
PSQs
personnel security questionnaires
Pu
plutonium
QC
quality control
REECo
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company
RF
Rocky Flats
RFAO
Rocky Flats Area Office
RFHP
Rocky Flats health physics
RHA
Records Holding Area
RIDS
Records Inventory and Disposition Schedule
S
shield
SAAO
South Albuquerque Area Office
SAO
Sandia Area Office
SEN
sensitive film
SMR
standard mortality ratio
SPSS
Statistical Program for the Social Sciences
SR
Savannah River
SRHPAR
Savannah River Health Physics
SRR
standardized rate ratio
SSA
Social Security Administration
SSN
social security number
TECO
Text Editor and Corrector Program
TLD
thermoluminescent dosimeter
TSR
total significant readings
UCI
upper confidence interval
UPPU
original plutonium workers of the Manhattan Project, the UPPU Club
V
visitor
Z number
Los Alamos employee number

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