| ANSM | Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé |
| ARMED | Assessment and Risk management of Medical Devices in plasticized polyvinyl chloride |
| ARs | Androgen receptors |
| CLP | Classification Labeling and Packaging |
| CMR | Cancerigen Mutagen or Reprotoxic |
| CRF | Case Report Form |
| DEHP | Di-ethylhexylphthalate |
| DEHT | Di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate |
| DNEL | Derived no effect level |
| DINCH | Di-isononylcyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate |
| DINP | Di-isononylphthalate |
| ECHA | European CHemicals Agency |
| ECMO | Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| EN | Enteral Nutrition |
| GC-MS | Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry |
| HD | Hemodialysis |
| hERα | human estrogen receptor α |
| IPN | Infusion and Parenteral Nutrition |
| MD | Medical device |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| PN | Parenteral Nutrition |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
| SHBG | Sex Hormone Binging Globulin |
| SPE-LC-MS/MS | (Solid Phase Extraction-Liquid Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry/MassSpectrometry) |