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