| AIRTUM | Italian Association of Cancer Registries |
| As | Arsenic |
| Cd | Cadmium |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| BPA | Bisphenol A |
| EDs | Endocrine disruptors |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on cancer |
| HCB | Hexachlorobenzene |
| NPCSs | National Priority Contaminated Sites |
| PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PBDEs | Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PCDDs | Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins |
| PCDFs | Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans |
| Pb | Lead |
| SIRs | Standardized Incidence Ratios |
| TC | Thyroid cancer |
| TCDD | 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| WHO | World Health Organization |