| An | Actinides |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BARGE | Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe |
| BNF | Brazil nut flour |
| BW | Body weight |
| DA(s) | Decorporation agent(s) |
| DTPA | Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| GIT | Gastrointestinal tract |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation |
| HOPO | 1,5,10,14-tetra(1-hydroxy-2-pyridon-6-oyl)-1,5,10,14-tetraazatetradecan3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear single-quantum coherence |
| ICP-MS | Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry |
| Ln | Lanthanides |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| REE(s) | Rare earth element(s) |
| RN | Radionuclide |
| SF(0…4) | Soluble fraction(0…4) |
| TOCSY | Total Correlation Spectroscopy |
| TRLFS | Time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy |
| UBM | Unified bioaccessibility method |
| WHO | World Health Organization |