| VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| LIFE | Long-term Impact of Fuel Exposure |
| VHA | Veterans Health Administration |
| CDW | Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse |
| VBA | Veterans Benefits Administration |
| EDW | Veterans Benefits Administration Enterprise Data Warehouse |
| DMSS | Defense Medical Surveillance System |
| DHA | DoD Defense Health Agency |
| AFHSD | Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division |
| ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM | International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th Revisions, Clinical Modification |
| TMDS | Theater Medical Data Store |
| DOHERS-IH | Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System—Industrial Hygiene |
| TWA | Time Weighted Average |
| CES | Cumulative Exposure Score |
| VADIR | VA/DoD Identity Repository |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |