Acronyms
| AACAP | American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| AAD | American Academy of Dermatology |
| AAP | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
| ACP | American College of Physicians |
| ACR | American College of Radiology |
| AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
| AFRRI | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| Ann Intern Med | Annals of Internal Medicine |
| APHL | Association of Public Health Laboratories |
| APIC | Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology |
| ASHP | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists |
| ASIM | American Society of Internal Medicine |
| ASM | American Society for Microbiology |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BUMED | Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration |
| CFB | Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| CFSPH | Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University |
| CID | Clinical Infectious Disease |
| CIDRAP | Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy, University of Minnesota |
| CSB | Center for the Study of Bioterrorism, Saint Louis University |
| DHHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHS | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| DHSS | Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services |
| DMH | Missouri Department of Mental Health |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| EID | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| EMEA | European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products |
| eMedicine | |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| Harrison's Online | |
| HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HICPAC | Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| HPS | Health Physics Society |
| HSC | Homeland Security Council |
| IAFC | International Association of Fire Chiefs |
| IDSA | Infectious Diseases Society of America |
| JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| JAVMA | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |
| Medical Letter | |
| NCDP | National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University |
| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| NIOSH | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine |
| NOAA/EPA | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Environmental Protection Agency |
| NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRT | U.S. National Response Team |
| Office of the Surgeon General, Dept. of the Army | |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| REAC/TS | Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site |
| SNS | Strategic National Stockpile Working Group |
| USACHPPM | U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
| USAMRICD | U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense |
| USAMRIID | U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| U.S. Army Medical Command | |
| VA/DoD | Dept. of Veterans Affairs/Dept. of Defense |
| VHA | Veterans Health Administration |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services