GLOSSARY


  • AC - Hydrogen Cyanide
  • AFIP - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
  • ANBACIS-Automated Nuclear Biological and Chemical Information System
  • ARCOM - ArmyReserve Command
  • BUN - Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • BW - Biological Warfare
  • CAM -Chemical Agent Monitor
  • CARC - Chemical Agent Resistant Coating
  • CBC - Complete Blood Count
  • CBDE - Chemical & Biological Defense Establishment (UK)
  • CPK - Creatinine Phospho Kinase
  • CBW - Chemical/Biological Warfare
  • CENTCOM - (US) Central Command
  • CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • ChE - Cholinesterase
  • CNS -Central Nervous System
  • CW - Chemical Warfare CX - choking agent (phosgene oxime)
  • DEET - diethyl toluamide, insect repellant
  • DMDC - Defense Manpower Data Center
  • DNBI - Disease/Non-Battle Injuries
  • DoD - Department of Defense
  • DoVA - Department of Veterans Affairs
  • DS/DS - Desert Shield/Desert Storm
  • DSB - Defense Science Board
  • DU - Depleted Uranium
  • EBV -Epstein Barr Virus
  • EEG - Electroencephalogram
  • EI - Environmental Illness
  • EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPW - Enemy Prisoner of War Era Veterans - those veterans in service during the same period (as Gulf War veterans) but not actually deployed to the Gulf
  • FDA -Food & Drug Administration
  • GA- nerve agent Tabun)
  • GB - nerve agent (Sarin)
  • GD - nerve agent (Soman)
  • GF - flouride-containing organophosphate nerve agent
  • HD - blister agent (distilled mustard)
  • ICD9 - International Classification of Diseases
  • ITP - idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • L - blister agent (Lewisite)
  • LD50 - lethal dose to 50% of exposed population
  • MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  • MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • NBC - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
  • NDA - New Drug Application
  • NRC - National Research Council
  • NVVRS -National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study
  • NYC - New York City
  • ODS - Operation Desert Storm (can include Desert Shield)
  • PB - Pyridostigmine Bromide
  • PTF - Patient Treatment File
  • PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • RCP - Referral Center Program
  • RDX - Royal Demolition Explosive, an explosive ingredient
  • SCUD - Soviet-designed surface-to-surface missile
  • UN - United Nations
  • UNSCOM - United Nations Special Commission
  • US - United States
  • USAEHA - US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency
  • VAMC - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • VOC - Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons
  • VX - nerve agent
  • WW II - World War II