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... Acronyms and Abbreviations AAAS AFHS AFIP AHH AIDS ALA ALL ALS ALT AML AOS AOVI AOVS AOWG AST BIRLS BLS °C CAS CCR American Association for the Advancement of Science Air Force Health Study Armed Forces Institute of Pathology aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase acquired immune deficiency syndrome S-aminolevulinic acid acute lymphocytic leukemia Assembly of Life Sciences alanine aminotransferase acute myeloid leukemia Agent Orange Study Agent Orange Victims International Agent Orange Validation Study Agent Orange Working Group aspartate aminotransferase Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem (DVA) Bureau of Labor Statistics degree Celsius Chemical Abstracts Servic Cancer Control Region 784 e
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From page 785...
... Code of Federal Regulations confidence interval chronic lymphocytic leukemia Commission on Life Sciences centimeter chronic myeloid leukemia central nervous system chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chlorophenol cerebrospinal malformation cytotoxic T lymphocyte 2,3-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid dimethyl sulfoxide Demilitarized Zone Department of Defense dioxin-responsive enhancer delayed-type hypersensitivity Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly the Veterans Administration) Environmental Agents Service Epstein-Barr virus ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase electroencephalography Environmental Epidemiology Service epidermal growth factor Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards electrocardiogram electromyography .
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From page 786...
... LDL low-density lipoprotein m m: me MACDP MACV MCDF MCPA MCPP MDL MEDLARS MeSH MFO mg meter square meter cubic meter Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 6-methyl- 1 ,3, 8-trichlorodibenzofuran 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid 2-~4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy~propanoic acid multidistrict litigation Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Medical Subject Headings (National Library of Medicine)
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From page 787...
... nanomole (10-9 mole) National Research Council nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug National Survey of the Vietnam Generation National Toxicology Program non-Vietnam veteran octachlorodibenzodioxin Office of Technology Assessment polybrominated biphenyl polychlorinated biphenyl polychlorinated dibenzodioxin porphyria cutanea tarda phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase picogram ~ l 0- l 2 gram)
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From page 788...
... 788 VETERANS AND AGENT ORANGE PMR proportionate mortality ratio PNS peripheral nervous system ppb parts per billion ppm parts per million ppt parts per trillion pre-SEA pre-Southeast Asia PRR prevalence risk ratio PTD preterm delivery PTF Patient Treatment File (Veterans Administration) PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder RH Ranch Hand RR relative risk rT3 reverse triiodothyronine S. Senate SCL-90 Self-Report Symptom Inventory-Revised-90 SCS Selected Cancers Study SES socioeconomic status SIR standardized incidence ratio SLE systemic lupus erythematosus SMbR standardized morbidity ratio SMR standardized mortality ratio SRBC sheep red blood cell SRR standardized rate ratio SSA Social Security Administration STS soft tissue sarcoma 2,4,5-T 2,3,4-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid T3 triiodothyronine T4 thyroxine TBDD 2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzo-para-dioxin TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin TCP trichlorophenol TGF-oc transforming growth factor-oc TMAO trimethylarsine oxide TNF tumor necrosis factor TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone TT3 total triiodothyronine TT4 total thyroxine UDPGT uridine 5'-diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase UROD uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
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From page 789...
... Department of Agriculture UTM Universal Transverse Mercator VA Veterans Administration VDL very low density lipoprotein VES Vietnam Experience Study VV Vietnam veterans VVAOHS Vietnam Veteran Agent Orange Health Study WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 789
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